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Summary of Permit C-81-044 <br />History of Permit C-81-044 <br />The following table summarizes the history of Permit C-81-044. <br />Table 1- Summa of History of Permit C-81-044 <br />Date Permit Action <br />1936 Coal mining begins in vicinity of Eagle Mines. <br />Early 1970s Present operations begin with underground mining at No. 5 Mine. <br />1974 Open Mining Permit No. 41 issued for surface mining in Williams Fork <br /> StriPit. <br />3/1977 Eagle No. 9 Mine granted Permit No. 76-7 U.G. under C.R.S. 1973, 34- <br /> 32-101 et se g., as amended. <br />3/1980 Permit No. 79-170 issued for Eagle No. 5 and No. 9 Mines <br />2/17/1981 First part of original C-81-044 permit application submitted by Empire <br /> Energy Corporation for compliance with Colorado's permanent <br /> regulatory program covering existing operations of No. 5 and No. 9 <br /> Mines. <br />8/14/1981 Second part of original C-81-044 application submitted as addendum <br /> covering newly issued federal lease, the Empire Tract. Lease covered <br /> eastward expansion of No. 5 Mine, increasing permit area by 681 acres <br /> with no new surface facilities. <br />4/14/1982 Third part of original C-81-044 application submitted proposing 1,552- <br /> acre increase to permit area and an amended plan for the No. 9 Mine. No <br /> new surface facilities were proposed. Final proposed permit acreage was <br /> 5,397 acres. <br />12/1982 Permit revision application submitted for consolidating information from <br /> three previous submittals into single permit application document, and <br /> for additional mining in No. 5 and in No. 9 Mines. <br />9/2/1983 Permit revision granted for consolidated information and for additional <br /> mining in No. 5 Mine, but not for additional mining in No. 9. <br />4/9/1984 Approval granted to conduct additional mining in No. 9 Mine. <br />4/30/1987 Permit Revision application PR-01 submitted for changes in operations: <br /> implementation of longwall system, addition of 5A portal, approximate <br /> 430-acre increase in permit area (Utah Tract), and opening a new mine, <br /> the No. 6 Mine (in the E seam, to be accessed through the 5A portal). <br /> Permit acreage increased from 6,176 acres to 6,820 acres. Surface <br /> disturbance remained at 375 acres. No further mining in P seam as No. 9 <br /> Mine had been sealed. <br />1/9/1988 Permit Renewal RN-Olapproved with operator change from Empire <br /> Energy Corp. to Cyprus Empire Corp. <br />2/20/1990 Bond release approved for the 20-acre town loadout in Craig. (SL-01) <br />Eagle Mine Complex 2 Permit Renewal 05 <br />C-1981-044 May 22, 2009