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2.05.5 -POST MINING LAND USE
<br />ABANDONMENT OF THE KING I MINE
<br />POST MINING LAND USE
<br />As of February 2007, mine life, based on reserve estimates and projected
<br />annual production of 400,000 tpy, is estimated to be approximately 3 years.
<br />Additional coal reserves controlled by National King Coal, LLC but not yet permitted
<br />could extend mining as much as 10 additional years.
<br />Specific details of the abandonment of the mine are discussed in Section
<br />2.05.4. This is part of the reclamation plan. The purpose of the reclamation plan
<br />itself is to prepare the mined land permit area .for a useful and needed .post .mining
<br />land use.
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<br />At the time of abandonment or closure, the reclamation plan will be put into
<br />effect restoring the mined land permit area from a mining use to wildlife habitat and
<br />agricultural (rangeland, maintenance, storage and supply). As mentioned above, the
<br />land in Hay Gulch has historically been used for grazing as well as mining coal. Of
<br />the 10.88 acres disturbed, 6.97 acres will be reclaimed for grazing and grassland for
<br />the native animal and plant life. An access road (See Map King I-Ol l) will remain
<br />intact for access to mine site property privately owned. 1ational King Coal, LLC has
<br />no intention of selling the property for any use other than that just mentioned. The
<br />.permit area will never again be suitable for coal mining because access to the coal
<br />seam will be impossible after main entry and barrier pillars are extracted in the King.
<br />I Mine.
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<br />National King Coal; -LLC King I Mine
<br />Section 2.05.5
<br />Page 1 February, 2007
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