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~~/~ / o <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />Mathews, Dan <br />To: Berry, David <br />Subject: Powderhom Coal Reclamation Equipment <br />Hi Dave. I donY have Cheryl Linden's email address, so maybe you could forward this to her. As I indicated to you <br />yesterday, in order for PCC to undertake any significant reclamation work at Roadside, they would certainly need to rent <br />equipment or contract out entire projects. They are now down to one employee on site (Tonya Hammond), and Tonya <br />does not operate equipment. PCC owns a Cat DS Dozer and a 560 International Loader (which is currently not <br />operational). A Cat 980 loader and a roadgrader which PCC previously owned were sold to Public Service Company <br />(PSC), who uses the equipment at their Cameo Power Plant immediately adjacent to the mine property. Tonya <br />Hammond indicated that PCC is able to borcow the loader and roadgrader, along with a backoe from PSC as needed for <br />occasional ditch, culvert, and pond maintenance, and small scale reclamation work, etc. This was apparently negotiated <br />as a part of the sale of the equipment. For most of this work, they have been able to hire Jack Albright to operate the <br />equipment on a temporary basis. Jack was a long time surtace maintenance foreman at the mine, who was laid off a <br />couple months ago. <br />PCC is curcently completing a small (+/- 5 acre) reclamation project at their 2-West Portals and South Fan sites, which <br />are ancillary facilities somewhat remote from the major disturbance areas at the mine. I believe they used their dozer <br />and PSC's loader for this project, and they have rented a trackhoe to complete the final grading, which will be done next <br />week. Jack Albright will operate the trackhoe. <br />Reclamation of the refuse disposal areas and main portal facility areas would necessitate acquisition of additional <br />equipment and operators to complete the work in a timely fashion. Necessary equipment would likely include various <br />dozers, loaders, haul trucks, backhoe, trackhoe, and cranes. <br />Non-reclamation equipment and facilities still on-site includes the wash plant, office and shop structures, overland <br />conveyor structures, and coal handling, crushing, and loading facilities at the North and South Portals and the Unit Train <br />Loadout. I assume everything is for sale, and have been told that PCC is negotiating with Peabody Coal Company for <br />sale of the loadout facilities (which they would presumably dismantle and transport to Routt County). I'm sure that <br />whatever underground mining equipment PCC still has on hand is also for sale, but I don't know what their remaining <br />inventory is. <br />I hope this helps. Let me know if you need additional information. <br />