2010-07-15_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

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extraction ceased, much of the work performed after acquisition of the operation by Snowcap Coal Company (SCC) in 2002. With the exception of the train loadout facility, ongoing activity is limited to monitoring, maintenance, and reclamation. With approval of Permit Revision application Number 4 (PR -4), the unit train loadout and portion of the railroad spur and overland conveyor corridor, north of 1 9110 Road, was converted from "Fish and Wildlife Habitat" to "Industrial or Commercial" for the Unit Train Loadout area. The land use change allowed for long term postmine use of the loadout area and various associated facilities for rail loading, unloading, and storage of construction materials. SCC entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. (Halliburton) in 2006 for the loadout and a portion of the railroad spur and overland conveyor. Halliburton finalized the purchase of the property' in September 2009 and obtained the necessary Conditional Use Permit (CUP) from Mesa County in 2009. Following approval of PR -4 and the CUP from Mesa County, Halliburton has been actively using the site as the "Cameo Sand Offloading Facility" for the purposes described above. During active operations, mine portals, coal processing facilities, and a coal mine waste disposal area were located south and east of the interstate, and river. Additional mine portals, coal handling facilities, two coal mine waste disposal areas, and a rail Ioadout facility, were located north and west of the river. At present, the North Portals have been sealed and backfilled, North Portal facilities demolished, and backfilling and grading of the North Portal facilities area largely completed. One of the two coal waste disposal areas north and west of the river in Coal Canyon has been fully reclaimed, and the other has been largely reclaimed. At the South Mine, located south and east of I -70, the South Portal has been sealed; the coal processing plant and various other facilities have been demolished and removed. Earthwork, and revegetation at the South Portal facilities has been completed and the refuse disposal area has been reclaimed. Final reclamation plans for the South Portal facilities were modified by Permit Revision No. 3 (PR -3), approved in September 2007. PR -3 incorporated a variance from approximate original contour (AOC), and allowed for retention of certain buildings and facilities in order to accommodate a commercial postmining land use. Major reclamation tasks yet to be completed include permanent drainage channel modifications along Coal Creek below the upper dip section culverts, within Cameo Soil Borrow Area No. 2, and at the North Portal Reclaimed Area. Completion of the permanent drainage channel work along Coal Creek and in the North Mine reclaimed areas will be required prior to Phase 1 Bond Release for the channel corridors. The original permit has been granted renewal for successive five year permit terms five times, the most recent renewal decision was finalized in December 2007. An application for permit renewal was submitted by Snowcap Coal Company on June 20, 2007, and deemed administratively complete on July 2, 2007. A Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance for Permit Renewal No. 5 (RN -05) were written by the Division on November 16, 2007. On December 28, 2007 the Division approved the permit renewal without stipulations for another five -year term expiring on January 3, 2013. Since the permit renewal issuance date of December 28, 2007 for RN -05 there have been no Notices of Violation issued. One permit revision (PR -4), two releases of bond liability (SL -4 and SL -5), and several technical revisions (TR's) and minor revisions (MR's), were submitted Roadside Portals Mine -3- July 15, 2010