2007-07-30_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

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including amended permanent drainage plans, were approved via technical revisions prior to initiation of final reclamation in 2002. RSRDA slopes and terrace drains were reclaimed in 2002, and a new upper diversion beginning just above the portal highwall and extending to the south around the RSRDA was constructed. The wash plant and associated facilities were removed, however various additional facilities remain on the lower and upper benches. Concrete seals were installed in the South Portals, but the portals out-by the seals have not yet been backfilled (as of July 2007). Remaining facilities removal and final reclamation including backfilling and grading and final drainage installation at the South Portal Area was to be completed by the end of 2007. The South Portal Area reclamation plan will again be modified by approval of PR-3; remaining reclamation would be initiated in 2007 and completed in 2008. In PR-3 SCC requests a steep slope variance from approximate original contour (AOC) for the mine bench and adjacent areas, including the steep rock cut slopes created during bench construction, and proposed Access Road l A, which will be constructed to provide access to the bench area following reclamation. The purpose of the AOC variance is to accommodate an alternative "Industrial or Commercial" land use. A local agricultural business, Providence Place, [nc. (PPI), has contracted to purchase the Roadside South Portals Area upon approval of PR-3. The alternative land use plan will allow for retention of the shop, warehouse and parking areas on the upper bench. These facilities will be used by PPI for equipment and supply storage and maintenance. The cafeteria, lab, septic tank system, and associated parking and travel aeeas on the lower level will also be retained for future use. The buildings will be used as a seasonal fruit stand and apacking/cooling shed. The property has been leased by PPI since 2005, and use of the buildings as described has been on-going since that time. The fruit stand has been operated under the name "Kokopelli Produce". The top of the RSRDA will be used as an equipment and material storage area in the future. In order to accommodate the altemative postmining land use and allow for retention of buildings, roads, parking, and storage areas needed for the alternative use, the backfilling and grading plan will be altered. The revised postmining topography for the South Portals Area is depicted on Exhibit 6C, and amended cross sections on Exhibit 26. The specific area to which the AOC variance will apply, and the larger area to be used for the alternative "Industrial or Commercial" postmining land use, are delineated on Exhibit 6C. Please see Section B. V [II of this document for specific findings applicable to the Steep Slope AOC Variance; see Section B.X ofthis document for specific findings applicable to approval of the altemative postmining land use. A portion of the South Portal that is considered "Active Use" azea is delineated on Exhibit 6C-A. The "Active Use" aeeas will not be revegetated; non-active use portions of the altemative land use area (such as Access Road 1 backfill slopes, Access Road 1 A fill slopes, and highwall backfill areas) will be revegetated to provide a stabilizing vegetative cover, but the altemative land use vegetated aeeas will not be required to meet the specific success criteria applicable to reclaimed Wildlife Habitat postmining land use areas. Within PR-3, SCC identified a material deficit for constmction of Access Road t-A and elimination of the highwall at the South Portal area. Material to compensate for the projected deficit would be obtained from a low hill located within the Unit Train Loadout (UTL) disturbed azea. Borrow ofthe material from the UTL site would remove the crown of the hill, lowering the hill by approximately ] 0 feet. This proposed minor reduction in the elevation of the hill is depicted on revised Exhibit I IC (Unit Train Loadout Facility Post Mining Topography). The proposed modification does not significantly change the nature of the postmining landscape, and the amended topography will achieve approximate original contour in the UTL area. Penni[ Revision No. 3 July 30, 2007 Permit No. C-1981-041 Page 39