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

• Permit No: C1992081A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/28/2011
• Section_Exhibit Name: Tab 01 Permit Summary
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

• An existing rail spur and loop, approximately 17,000 feet in total length, connect the coal
handling facility to the Union Pacific Railroad mainline track.
• An existing haul road (HGLF -HG1) connects that coal handling facility to Routt County
Road 53 and provides vehicular access to the site. A second haul road (HGLF -HG2),
which will route haul trucks from the loadout building to HGLF -HG1 is approved, but
has not been constructed.
Because no additional operational disturbances were anticipated and planned operational
aspects remained consistent with past practices, environmental assessments and operational
findings contained in reviews of the previous owner's permit (H -G Coal Company, Permit C-
80 -003) were directly applicable to HGTI's permit application and future operation of the
facility. During HGTI's preparation of this permit application (application date of December
14, 1992), the analysis of affected lands identified additional acres of disturbance associated
with the construction and operation of the loadout facility than what was reported in the
original permit by the previous owner. With CDMG's subsequent approval of HGTI's
permit application package (Permit C -92 -081), the permitted acres increased to 176.3 acres,
of which 105.5 was identified as being disturbed. This included 8.4 acres of disturbance that
will occur at the time of final reclamation to accommodate grading activities (i.e., slope
reduction).
In 2011, HGT LLC filed an application for Permit Revision 01 that transfers the adjoining
area associated with the Tie - Across Haul Road (TAHR) from the Seneca II -W permit area
into the Hayden Gulch Loadout permit. This transfer adds an additional 214.7 acres to the
current permit area of which 96.6 are disturbed. The new total acreage for the HGL permit
is: Permit Area = 391 acres and Disturbed Area = 202.1 acres
Peabody Coal Company operated the loadout for HGTI from January 1993 to July 1994.
Seneca Coal Company operated the loadout from July 1994 to August 1996. Coal was
shipped from the Hayden Gulch Loadout to market via railcar during 1994 and 1995. HGTI
has operated the loadout since September 1996 until early 2010 when the permittee name
changed to Hayden Gulch Terminal LLC. On November 3, 1997, HGTI notified the
Division that the Hayden Gulch Loadout had been put into temporary cessation as a result of
HGTI or its affiliates not having an existing mine requiring the use of a loadout facility at
that time.
In July 2000 the loadout was returned to active status as part of Technical Revision TR -05.
TR -05 was filed with the Division to upgrade the loadout facility to provide for railcar
unloading (or load -in: 500,000 ton per year unloading throughput) in addition to the
permitted railcar and truck loadout operations (1,000,000 tons per year throughput — for a
total of 1,500,000 tons per year). The technical revision provided for greater flexibility in the
operation of the facility,
PR -01 3 Revised 10/11