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Williams Fork Mines 2011 Midterm Review (MT -06) -3- C- 1981 -044 28 June 2011 Mines. 8/14/1981 Second part of original C -81 -044 application submitted as addendum covering newly issued federal lease, the Empire Tract. Lease covered eastward expansion of No. 5 Mine, increasing permit area by 681 acres with no new surface facilities. 4/14/1982 Third part of original C -81 -044 application submitted proposing 1,552 - acre increase to permit area and an amended plan for the No. 9 Mine. No new surface facilities were proposed. Final proposed permit acreage was 5,397 acres. 12/1982 Permit revision application submitted for consolidating information from three previous submittals into single permit application document, and for additional mining in No. 5 and in No. 9 Mines. 9/2/1983 Permit revision granted for consolidated information and for additional mining in No. 5 Mine, but not for additional mining in No. 9. 4/9/1984 Approval granted to conduct additional mining in No. 9 Mine. 4/30/1987 Permit Revision application PR -01 submitted for changes in operations: implementation of longwall system, addition of 5A portal, approximate 430 -acre increase in permit area (Utah Tract), and opening a new mine, the No. 6 Mine (in the E seam, to be accessed through the 5A portal). Permit acreage increased from 6,176 acres to 6,820 acres. Surface disturbance remained at 375 acres. No further mining in P seam as No. 9 Mine had been sealed. 1/9/1988 Permit Renewal RN- Olapproved with operator change from Empire Energy Corp. to Cyprus Empire Corp. 2/20/1990 Bond release approved for the 20 -acre town loadout in Craig. (SL -01) 2/28/1994 Permit Renewal RN -02 approved. 8/1995 Mining ceases (entered temporary cessation status 12/3/95) 1997 Mine No. 5 Portals Sealed 3/22/2000 Permit transferred from Cyprus Empire Corporation to RAG Empire Corporation, SO -1 10/23/2000 Permit Renewal RN -03 approved. 2003 5A Portals sealed 12/16/2003 Permit Renewal RN -04 proposed decision 1/16/2004 Permit Renewal RN -04 proposed decision withdrawn due to insufficient documentation of the permittee's right -to -enter a portion of the permit area. 5/27/2004 RAG -EC submitted an application (SO -02) for a transfer of ownership to BTU Empire Corporation (BTU EC). 8/17/2004 BTU EC enters into legal proceeding against landowner of property with the disputed right -of -entry concerns. 1/4/2006 Resolution of legal proceedings with landowner filed with Moffat County Clerk and Recorder. 1/25/2006 Copies of legal resolution provided to CDMG. Williams Fork Mines 2011 Midterm Review (MT -06) -3- C- 1981 -044 28 June 2011