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2.05.4 page 2 August 2005 • The Scale-house is a cinder block facility measuring 40' x 42' x 10'. SURFACE FACILITIES REMAINING All useable buildings which lie on Lawrence Huntington's property, including the shop and upper pump house, along with the access road will be left intact at the request of Mr. Huntington. Mr. Huntington has made such a request by letter to the Colorado M.L.R.D. and National King Coal, LLC (See Appendix 9(1)). The steep cut slope azea behind the shop building will remain as is to allow continued use of the shop by the surface landowner. This highwall was constructed during the summer of 1976. Don May, P.E., has certified the stability of this area (See Appendix 7). The remainder of the surface buildings including the sales office, substation, old scale and storage building adjacent to Burnwell #2 Tipple, etc., will be left intact and will be used to accommodate the stated post mining land use. Salvageable items (conveyors, motors, mining supplies and equipment) will be sold and removed from the property or scrapped and be placed at the foot of the highwalts to be buried. Any non-woody, non-toxic material not sold and removed will be pushed against the highwalls and covered by at least 4 feet of fill and plant growth medium as detailed elsewhere in this section. Woody material will be moved to the bum pit near the lower pump house and burned. The access road to the site will not be reclaimed but retained by the owners of the site for transporting livestock to and from the area. The surface land owner has so requested by letter noted above. Upon conclusion of mining, the water wells will be transferred to the landowners. The water well shown on Map C-4, located in the meadow of Hay Gulch off the permit area is the property of Mr. Wiltze who leases its use to National King Coal. National King Coal, LLC has water rights at this well until September 1, 2005, with renewal options there-after (See Appendix 2(7)). The water impoundments (sediment ponds) are not intended as permanent constructions on the mine site, but will remain intact until the site has been successfully reclaimed. The diversion channels and buried culvert pipe will be maintained during the reclamation program until Phase II Bond release has been achieved, Upon successful Phase II Bond release, permanent drainages will be installed and the ponds reclaimed. Unneeded power and telephone line poles and equipment will be removed with the assistance of the local public utilities at the time the King Coal Mine is abandoned. The well pumps will require power. The surface owner has requested by letter, noted above, that power remains. The Upper Facilities Area (Coal Stockpile to Bath house) will be ripped and the coaly waste will be pushed to the highwall and buried.