PERMFILE60974

• Permit No: C1981020A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/8/2006
• Section_Exhibit Name: Appendix C Right of Entry and Operation Information
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

Appendix C
Right of Entry and Operation Information
~ Central Appalachia Mining, LLC; bases its right to enter and begin surface coal mining
operations in the permit area upon the following documents:
Deed and Assignment dated May 19, 2003, between Lodestar Energy, Inc. and Lodestar
Holdings, Inc. and Central Appalachia Mining, LLC, "CAM". The Deed and Assignment
conveyed to Central Appalachia Mining, LLC, certain Fee Property, Federal Coal Leases,
Property Rights, Private Coal Leases, Federal Non-mineral Lease and Rights of Way
and Water Rights along with other property rights. The Deed and Assignment follows as
Exhibit 1. The "Property" conveyed to Central Appalachia Mining by the Deed and
Assignment is discussed below.
a. Fee Property -None of the Fee Property conveyed is applicable to the Munger
Canyon Mine.
b. Federal Coal Leases -Federal Coal Leases C-0125515 and C-0125516 are
within the Munger Canyon Mine pennit boundary. The BLM approved
assignment of the Federal Coal Leases through its deasion dated No~,ember 4,
2004. The BLM decision document and copies of the Federal Coal Leases follow
as Exhibit 1b.
c. Property Rights -The Lease dated April 9, 2002, between Ival and Ed Young,
Inc., and Lodestar Energy, Inc., pursuant to which Yong Leases to Lodestar a
rightof-way between State Highway 139 across private property of Young into
Munger Canyon. The Lease follows as Exhibit 1 c.
d. Private Coal Leases -None of fhe private coal leases are applicable to the
Munger Canyon Mine.
e. Federal Non-Mineral Lease and Rights of Way -Rights-of-Way COC36761 for a
existing transmission power line and COC30962 for an existing road are
applicable to the Munger Canyon Mine. The BLM decision document approving
the assignment of the Rightsof--Way and a copy of the Rights-0f-Way follow as
Exhibit 1e.
f. Water Rights -None of the water rights conveyed are applicable to the Munger
Canyon Mine except and to the extent water is hauled to and consumed at the
Munger Canyon Mine.
2. A portion of the pennit area is a reGaimed rail loadout site in Loma, CO. CAMs right to
enter the loadout area is granted by an Adoption Agreement entered into as of the 2nd
day of February, 2004, by and between the Union Pacific Railroad Company and Central
Appalachia Mining, LLC. The adoption agreement follows as Exhibit 2.
3. The BLM authorized the Operator to access and maintain ground water monitoring wells
located on BLM managed land outside of federal coal leases associated with the
McClave and Munger Canyon Mines. The authorization letter follows as Exhibit 3.
The rights of CAM Mining, LLC, to enter and begin surface coal mining operations are not the
subject of any pending litigation.
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