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Introduction <br />I ` 1.0 INTRODUCTION <br />H-G Coal Company is submitting herewith an application for a Technical Revision (TR) to Pemut No. <br />C-003-80. The purposes of this submittal aze to: <br />1. Respond to the Summary of Changes Requested in the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology's (DMG's) August 12, 1994 Mid-Term Review which have not been previously <br />addressed; <br />2. Delete all permit references to the Railroad Loadout and associated facilities now owned by <br />Hayden Gulch Terminal, Inc. <br />3. Update the Mining and Reclamation Plan to reflect the current mine stains and compfle all <br />currently relevant permit information in one document; <br />4. Request DMG review of the current reclamation cost estimate and reduction of the <br />corresponding Reclamation Performance Bond amount; and, <br />5. Designate TerraMatrix, Inc. as Resident Agent for H-G Coal Company (HGCC). TerraMatrix, <br />Inc. officially changed its name to Montgomery Watson Americas, Inc. (Montgomery Watson) <br />on April 1, 1997. On June 2Q 2001 Montgomery Watson completed its merger with Harza <br />Engineering Company, and the company was renamed Montgomery Watson Harza (MWH). <br />• HGCC completed surface coal mining operations at the Hayden Gulch Mine in 1986. Redamadon of the <br />362 acres affected over the life of the mine began in 1979 and was conducted concurrently with mining <br />operations and in accordance with approved reclamation plans through 1987. At that time final <br />backfilling, grading, topsoil replacement and revegetation activities were essentially completed for the <br />entire mine and support facilities azeas. Since November 1986, HGCC has continued to evaluate <br />reclamation success, perform remedial actions where necessary, and conduct selected environmental <br />monitoring programs at the reclaimed mine site. In July 1999, HGCC received a paztial Phase II/Phase <br />III bond release approval, which reduced the permitted acres from 1,269 to 89. Changes to the permit <br />resulting from the Phase II/Phase III Release aze located at the beginning of this volume in Tab TR-G8. <br />cy/RA Lw/P~u.114nme <br />./~/~~.~ 1.0-1 Revised - 6/01 <br />