2011-11-28_PERMIT FILE - C1992081A (6)

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The September 1992 Asset Purchase Agreement did not include the mine site. Consequently, transfer of Permit No. C-80-003 was inappropriate, and Hayden Gulch Terminal, Inc. submitted a new application (dated December 14, 1992) to operate the coal loading facility pursuant to the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Operation Plan The Hayden Gulch Loadout is a coal handling facility. There are no coal resource removal operations occurring or anticipated within the permit area. At the time of the December 1992 permit application submittal, HGTI anticipated coal shipment (via rail or truck) commencing as early as June 1993. Permits or permit applications required to operate the Loadout facility were transferred from the previous owner (H-G Coal Company) through the applicable regulatory authorities. The coal handling capacity (railcar or truck Loadout) remained at 1.0 million tons per year. The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG, the immediate precursor to CDRMS) approved the permit application and Loadout operations plan as Mining and Reclamation Permit C-92-081 on May 22, 1993. The Loadout system approved by CDMG under Permit C-92-081 includes the following components: • An existing truck-dump hopper with a 75-ton bin. • An existing 36-inch reclaim conveyor, housed in a corrugated metal tunnel, which transports coal to an existing crusher, housed in an existing crusher building. • An existing 36-inch conveyor, which is used to elevate the coal from the crusher to the top of a radial stack tube which is used to feed a 50,000 ton stockpile. • An existing 36-inch reclaim conveyor, housed in a concrete reclaim tunnel, elevates the coal from the 50,000 ton stockpile to the existing Loadout building (with a 75-ton loading bin and loading chute) . • MR-16 2 Revised 11/07