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Bid Package Preparation Bidding Period Purchase Order Issuance Construction Period Invoice Processing Notice of Cont. Settlement March/April 1993 May/June 1993 July 1993 July 1993 August 1993 September 1993 2. On the west area of the mine site a new subsidence opening has developed by the portal entry no. 1. According to Tom's notes, the opening was already partially caved when the initial portal backfilling was done by the Division. This new feature provides access into the portal entry roughly 20 feet from the original entrance. Due to the obvious danger to human life, this should probably be addressed as soon as possible. The weather conditions on the last inspection did not allow favorable conditions to inspect the mine entry to determine a reclamation plan. I hope to have Tom locate this subsidence feature when we inspect the site in early April. Until then, I will guessestimate the time frame in which this can be completed. I would like to have this area reclaimed under the same bid package as the coal silo area and refuse pile area. Please refer to that section for further clarification. Inspect Area w/Tom Bid Package Preparation Bidding Period Purchase Order Issuance Construction Period Invoice Processing Notice of Cont. Settlement April 1993 May/June 1993 July/August 1993 September 1993 September/October 1993 October 1993 November 1993 3. The coal silo area is located west of the west mine area and consists of a coal stockpile area, truck dump, truck scale (partially buried), conveyor, and two silos (50'diam. * 175'H.), substation (property of the local utility company), sediment pond & ditches, and a topsoil stockpile. The Division has not conducted any reclamation in this area because of the ownership situation with the silo facility. To date, this issue has not been resolved. The current situation is that Mountain Coal Company (ARCO- West Elk mine) acquired the title to the silo facility. Various letters of correspondence state that ARCO is interested in the facility, but they do not want to permit it at the present time. At one time it has been suggested to ARCO that the Division would reclaim around the silos that would satisfy some of the requirements of the permit, and make the bonding of the facility less costly to ARCO. The demolition of the silos would most likely exhaust the remaining bond money held by the Division. To demolish both silos would cost at a range of $300,000 to $500,000. This would leave no bond money 2