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3 | P a g e Alternate Access Road Area: This area is located at the entrance to the Colony Mine and encompasses two ponds (Ponds 4 and 5) and a portion of the existing alternative entry road. The ponds have not experienced any development or construction activity for years, this results in the ponds having diverse and well-established vegetation. Although the slopes of the pond exceed a 3:1 slope, they are well established and blend naturally with the surrounding topography. The alternate access road is currently in good condition with natural vegetation and smooth topography that blends well with adjacent slopes. There was a gate, jersey barriers, and PVC delineators at the entrance that have already been removed and disposed of. This was completed with extremely minimal disturbance which allows the area to remain as-is. There is no plan to revegetate any of this area. The post-mine land use for this area will be Rangeland. This use was chosen due to the consistency with adjacent land use. Although access to oil and gas operations is located approximately 300-feet to the west of this area, the existing alternate access road will not be used for any future access post-mine/reclamation completion. Area 4: This area consists of 6 separate buildings, and each are labelled in Exhibit F and represented in Existing Building Summary below. Buildings 1-7 were permitted through Garfield County under permit number 10656. Buildings 1-3 are located within Area 4, and there are two other buildings located in this area that are sheds and will remain as- is for storage purposes. The weather station and the shed covering the weather station equipment have been removed. The 8’x3’ shed is built on a skid made up of a combination of wood and steel and have been hauled off and repurposed for QB’s oil and gas operations. There was an existing 8’x3’ concrete pad, 6-inches thick that was under the weather station/shed that has been broken apart and buried onsite with a minimum of 3.0-feet of cover. There were also 28 railroad ties, 4-feet in length, used as steps to access the weather station that were removed and repurposed for ranch property improvements. The disturbance to complete this work is 0.02 acres and should be reseeded using the hand broadcast seeding method outline in the General Seeding Requirements below. There are also existing electrical poles, lines, and wire throughout this area that have been completely removed and disposed of. There is no remaining electrical infrastructure in this area. The existing electrical infrastructure is not connected to the grid and is privately owned. There was approximately 2,840’ of overhead aluminum electric line that will be hauled off to Pacific Steel and Recycling in Grand Junction, CO. There was approximately 2,500’ of communication wire that will be disposed of at the QB Energy Waste Facility located at the QB Middle Fork Facility. There are 17 utility poles located within areas 4, 5, and 19A. All these poles have been removed completely, and the poles will be repurposed for ranch property improvement. There are also 9 transformers located on these poles. All transformers are removed and disposed of.