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2.05.6 page 2 • INVENTORY OF STRUCTURES AND RENEWABLE RESOURCE LANDS Following is a list of structures and renewable resource lands: Two irrigation ditch structures exist within the permit area. The structures, known as the Huntington Irrigation Ditch and the Crawford Irrigation Ditch, act as surface, overland conveyances of water used for downstream irrigation, and overlay portions of the mine and proposed mining areas. These ditches supply water to several small ponds, also shown on Map C-3. Portions of these ditches are comprised of buried pressurized PVC pipe which supplies water to sprinkler irrigation systems. The PVC pipe on the Crawford property runs generally parallel to the Crawford Irrigation Ditch. Two home sites exist within the permit area. The homes of Marc Crawford and John Crawford are shown on Map C-3. The Marc Crawford home is a modern home of log construction with a full concrete basement. This home is only a few years old. Pillars will not be removed within 300 feet of Marc Crawford's home. A "Pre-Blast Survey" was performed on the Marc Crawford residence on July 22, 2000 by Harry L. Siebert, consultant. The results of this survey are included as a report and can be found in Appendix 9(6). The John Crawford home is an older frame house constructed on a stacked rock foundation. No mining is planned within 300 feet of John Crawford's home. ~ Approximately 6 miles of barbed wire fence overlie the permitted area of the mine. These fences are for cattle control purposes and do not necessarily follow property lines. They are not shown on the maps included with this application. A two-track dirt road crosses the permitted area fox about 2 miles diagonally from north- east to south-west across the Huntington property . Another two-track road crosses the Crawford • property. These "roads" are shown on Map C-3. On and around the surface facility area of the mine are several buildings and structures. These include: shop, bathhouse, scalehouse, tipples, upper and lower putitphouses, warehouse, system, wells, drainage ditches, settling ponds, buried culverts, guard residence, vehicle storage barns, old bathhouse, old scalehouse, old Burnwell tipples #1 & #2, andwarious haulroads. These buildings and structures are shown on Map C-4. Aside from the above mentioned structures, there are no structures or renewable resources in the permitted or adjacent lands. There are. no aquifers, recHarge areas for aquifers, silviculture or irrigated pasture land. The locations of the Huntington Irrigation Ditch, the Crawford Irrigation Ditch and the "old ranch building" are shown on Map C-3. The Huntington and Crawford irrigation ditches are the main structures on permitted or adjacent lands which could suffer damage due to the effects of subsidence. In the event that a surface subsidence crack were to intersect the ditch, it is possible that some of the ditch water would enter the crack and work its way into the mine workings. In the event that a surface subsidence crack were to intersect the either irrigation ditch, that portion of the ditch which is (or is about to be) damaged can quickly be repaired using flexible plastic culvert to allow normal water flow. If subsidence damage occurs, National King Coal, LLC has the necessary personnel and equipment to effect repairs. Surface owners have and will allow entry to complete such repairs (See Appendix 2(6)). Due to the ability of National King Coal, LLC to quickly and effectively repair any • subsidence related damage to the Huntington or Crawford irrigation ditches, it has been determined that no material damage or diminution of reasonable foreseeable use could result in the event of none subsidence within the perruit and adjacent areas. August 2000