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<br />TEMPORARY CESSATION NOTICE <br />-SOMERSET MINE <br />Introduction <br />Raiser Coal Corporation purchased the Somerset Mine from U.S. <br />Steel Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, U.S. Steel <br />Mining Company, Inc. in December 1985. The Somerset Mine, <br />which first opened in .1902, produced approximately 900,000 <br />tons of metallurgical grade coal in 1985. U.S. Steel Mining <br />Company, Inc. announced closure of the mine just prior to the <br />Raiser purchase. Raiser will be seeking markets for the <br />remaining coal reserves, in hope of reopening the mine within <br />the next few years. Until such time the mine will exist in a <br />state of temporary cessation. <br />Temoorar~Cessation Activities <br />The present management entity for the mine property is Raiser <br />Coal Corporation and the name of the mine will remain the <br />Somerset Mine. The individual who should be contacted at the <br />Somerset Mine regarding permit compliance is Mr. Pete <br />Palacios, P.O. Box 576, Somerset, CO 81434. His telephone <br />number is (303) 929-5115. <br />Security, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, is provided <br />at the mine on a contract basis. <br />In the next few months numerous pieces of equipment will be <br />removed from the mine and trucked from the property. The <br />remaining equipment may be moved around in an effort to <br />consolidate that equipment. <br />Maintenance activities for ditches, culverts, sedimentation <br />ponds, fences, signs and markers will be performed, as <br />necessary. <br />Hydrologic monitoring will continue in accordance with the <br />Colorado mining permit No. C-022-81 and NPDES permit No. <br />0000132. <br />In the near future, Raiser Coal may take steps to reclaim some <br />of the surface facilities sites which are located on the <br />federal coal lease properties held by U.S. Steel Corporation. <br />Raiser Coal did not acquire the federal coal leases from U.S. <br />Steel as part of the sale and, therefore, has no intent to use <br />some of the facilities and land located thereon. Federal <br />right-of-way applications for these facilities which will be <br />utilized by Raiser are currently under review by the Bureau of <br />Land Management in Montrose, Colorado. <br />