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<br />Refuse area 2/3 has not had lifts placed and spread since January <br />1993 due to extremely wet winter and spring weather conditions and <br />an increase in the amount of refuse reject material produced by <br />mining conditions. Western Fuels will start spreading and <br />compacting in area 2/3 as soon at practical. A groundwater <br />monitoring well has been installed between sub-area 1 and sub area <br />2-3. To date no water has accumulated in the well. <br />Sub-area 1 has been reclaimed and is no longer in use. To date, a <br />total of 1,742,855 tons of refuse have been placed in sub-area 2-3. <br />Lifts are being placed at the north end of sub-area 4 and a total <br />of 682,191 tons of refuse have been placed to date. <br />Both the topsoil and subsoil piles for those areas have been seeded <br />and are stable. Reseeding of the topsoil and subsoil piles created <br />in the building of sub-area 4 and those disturbed in the <br />reclamation of sub-area 1 was completed during the fall of last <br />year and are showing vegetative growth. Removal and stock piling <br />of all organic material and topsoil prior to disposal of refuse has <br />been completed. <br />To the best of my knowledge, based upon my professional expertise, <br />the permanent refuse structures at the Deserado Mine are being <br />constructed in conformance with the prudent state-of-the-art of <br />coal processing waste bank construction. Further, the structures <br />are being constructed in compliance with the approved design, as <br />specified within Section III-20 of the approved permit documents <br />and depicted on Maps 76,77,82 and 83. <br />I certify, based upon my field observations and professional <br />investigations, as detailed here above, that the permanent refuse <br />disposal structures at Western Fuels-Utah, Inc., Deserado Mine, <br />located in Rio Blanco County, Colorado, are being constructed in <br />compliance with the design approved as a portion of Permit No. C- <br />018-81, issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division. <br />Respe~~G~~ <br />Michael J. Weigand/ P.E. <br />Mine Manager <br />Colorado Registered P.E. No. 19143 <br />MJW:pb <br />xc: Murari Shrestha <br />Jeff Dubbert <br />Wayne Heilmann <br />Tim Chervick <br />File <br />