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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 POWDERHORN BOARD PRESENTATION NOTES (OPERATIONAL STATUS) 5/24/01 THE ROADSIDE NORTH AND SOUTH PORTAL MINES IS AN UNDERGROUND COAL OPERATION LOCATED IN MESA COUNTY, APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF PALISADE, ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE 70 AND THE COLORADO RIVER, AT THE CAMEO EXIT IN DEBEQUE CANYON. COAL EXTRACTION CEASED AT ROADSIDE ON DECEMBER 2, 1999, AND THE OPERATOR SUBMITTED A NOTICE OF PERMANENT CESSATION OF OPERATONS ON MARCH l4, 2000. MAJOR FACII.ITIES INCLUDE THE SOUTH MINE PORTALS, COAL PROCESSING FACILITIES, AND 1 COAL REFUSE PQ,E (THE ROADSIDE REFUSE PILE), LOCATED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE AND RIVER. THE NORTH MINE PORTALS AND COAL HANDLING FACll.ITIES, TWO REFUSE PILES (CRDA-1 AND CRDA-2), AND A RAIL LOADOUT FACILITY, ARE LOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL ANCILLARY FACILITIES ARE LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER. TWO MINE WATER DISCHARGE SITES OPERATED UNDER A DI VISION OF WATER QUALITY CDPS DISCHARGE PERMIT, ARE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE SOUTH PORTAL AREA. THE PERMITTEE AND OPERATOR IS POWDERHORN COAL COMPANY, A SUBSIDIARY OF QUAKER COAL COMPANY. QUAKER COAL COMPANY AND ALL OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, INCLUDING POWDERHORN FILED FOR CHAPTER I I BANKRUPTCY ON JUNE 16, 2000. THE BULK OF THE MINE RECLAMATION WORK HAS NOT YET BEEN INITIATED. UNDER THE APPROVED RECLAMATION SCHEDULE, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING 2001, AND RECLAMATION IS TO BE ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2003. REFERENCE MAP AND ASSOCIATED POSTER REFERENCE AFFECTED AREA AND SURFACE DISTURBANCE POSTERS REFERENCE RECLAMATION TIMETABLE POSTER 17.~ti ?`'tErn S~y~ol SLIDE PRESENTATION 1. VIEW NE 66'ITH RSRDA/STORAGE AREA IN FOREGROUND AND SOUTH PORTAL FACILITIES/WASH PLANT BEYOND. 2. VIEW NE, I-70 AND SUSPENDED CONVEYOR SECTION, CAMEO POWER PLANT iN BACKGROUND. 3. VIEW TO NORTH, SOUTH PORTAL LOWER BENCH COAL HANDLING AND WASH PLANT FACILITIES. 4. VIEW TO SOUTH, SOUTH PORTAL AREA LOWER FACILITIES WITH RSRDA REFUSE PILE IN BACKGROUND. 5. STORAGE YARD ON TOP OF RSRDA REFUSE PILE 6. SOUTH PORTALS AND OFFICE BLDG. HIGHWALL AND UPPER BENCH PARKING AREA.