2009-04-01_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1984065

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A partial Phase I bond release was approved on 26 May 1995 (SL-01). A noncontiguous pre-existing industrial site was approved for a coal loadout facility (located in the Clough Industrial Park at Lacy, Colorado), but the site was never used and was later deleted from the permit (in 1996). The waterline was removed, and the waterline corridor was removed from the permit in 1999. A Phase I (partial) and Phase 11 bond release (SL-02) was approved on 17 August 2001, that applied to all reclamation work required at the site less the removal of sediment control structures (and associated reclamation of topsoil piles). The permit was again renewed on 21 September 2001. The permit was transferred to C.B. Minerals Company, LLC, on 22 March 2002. The permit was last renewed on 16 August 2006. The life of mine plan encompassed over 5,900 acres, of which approximately 2,484.3 acres are currently permitted. Of these, 45.2 surface acres were disturbed. The Wheeler seam was to be mined by hydraulic methods (an exploration program and a hydraulic mining test preceded development). Coal was to be transported by a water flume to a preparation facility. The coal was then to be dewatered, and stored for shipment by rail to customers. Development operations commenced in October 1986 and were discontinued in March 1987. Two entranceway portals were driven by a roadheader approximately 500 feet into the hillside. Coal was not produced. The decision was made in 1993 to reclaim the site, and reclamation operations were initiated in 1994. Facilities were demolished, backfill and grading activities were accomplished, topsoil was replaced and reclaimed areas seeded in 1994 (PAP page 4-54). No earth or revegetation reclamation work has been completed since the permit renewal of February 28, 1997. Remaining work requirements consist of reclamation of sediment control structures and establishment of required vegetation. There have been no notices of violations issued against Permit C-1984-065 since Permit Renewal 05 on 16 August 2006. Section II - Revisions to Permit C-1984-065 Since the approval of Permit Renewal 05 one Minor Revision has been applied for and approved. Minor Revision 24: Minor Revision 24 was received on 23 February 2007, deemed complete on 13 March 2007 and approved on 26 April 2007. This revision allowed the operator to temporarily use the remaining sediment pond for the evaporation of water from coal bed methane wells. No other Minor Revisions, Permit Revisions or Technical Revisions have been applied for or approved since the approval of Permit Renewal 05. Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine 2009 Midterm Review Permit No. C-1984-065 1 April 2009