2009-05-22_PERMIT FILE - C1981044A (5)

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Lease (Cyprus No. 520033) Dated May 1, 1981, between Birch, et. al., Lessor and EC, Lessee. • Township 6 North, Range 91 West, 6d' P.M. Section 31: Tract 39 Containing 70.10 acres coal interest, less 11.22 acres owned by the State of Colorado. 2.03.7 AREAS DESIGNATED UNSUITABLE FOR MINING No lands within the proposed permit area have been designated unsuitable for mining under the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1977. The U.S. Soil Conservation Service has not designated any lands as prime farmland in the permit area. No surface coal mining operations will be conducted within 300 feet of any occupied dwelling or within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way of any public highway, except in those areas where valid rights exist. A demonstration of EC's valid existing rights, which was used to grandfather portions of the mine, can be found in Exhibit 4, AVF Exemption Request. Also, certain sections of the county road were vacated and EC is responsible for maintaining those roads. A copy of the vacation document can be found in Exhibit 5 County Road Vacation Document. 2.03.8 PERMIT TERM INFORMATION The Eagle No. 5 Mine was started in 1969 and has been in operation since that date. The Eagle No. 6 Mine started operation in 1987. The anticipated life of the mine is approximately 25 years, based on the coal reserves presently under lease. • The Eagle No. 9 Mine is now abandoned. The portal area is utilized as a refuse disposal area as addressed in a prior application. The term of this permit application is for 5 years from the date of approval. The Empire Mine Complex remains in temporary cessation (mine went into temporary cessation on December 3, 1995). For the horizontal and vertical extent of the existing underground mine workings, see the No. 5 Mine Plan Map (Map 23), for the Eagle No. 5 Mine, and the No. 6 Mine Plan Map (Map 24) for the Eagle No. 6 Mine. Start dates for any subsequent mining will be determined following permit approval for any proposed future mining. It is anticipated that any future mining would continue from the point in the mining sequence where mining was suspended in 1995, as shown on the above-referenced maps. 2.03.9 PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE EC is self-insured through its parent companies for an amount no less than $1,000,000 for bodily injury and property damage and with the same minimum for property damage. A copy of the Certificate of Insurance is enclosed in Exhibit 1, Insurance Information. 2.03.10 OTHER LICENSES AND PERMITS The following is a list of permits necessary for the EC underground mining activities. Copies of all historical permits are included in Exhibit 2, Other Required Permits. 0 Permit Renewal RN08-05 2.03-20 01/15/09