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Most surface facilities have been removed. The metal frame of the lamphouse remains <br /> and some sections of the conveyor tube. and the work remaining should be completed <br /> fairly quickly, so that backfill/grading can begin as soon as work is completed at Mine <br /> #3. <br /> Mines #1 and #2. <br /> Of seven portals, all but two have been sealed. The MSHA plan, approved June 23, <br /> 1993, which governs portal sealing, requires that the two remaining portals are to be <br /> sealed last, simultaneously with the portals at the adit/rock tunnel. <br /> Most surface facilities have been removed. Clean-up of scrap metal, coverage of trash, <br /> etc. was done in in 1991. Further work on removal of surface facilities was done in <br /> October of 1992, after underground operations had been completed. <br /> Some fans have been removed. Transformers and other electrical equipment have <br /> been removed. <br /> Adit/Rock Tunnel <br /> As indicated; the MSHA approved plan requires'that the rock tunnel be-sealed at the <br /> -same tirrie.as=the main fan portals at Mine#1.1 This work will be completed,iri the next- <br /> construction season. <br /> Sediment Controls <br /> Sediment control systems, including ditches and sediment ponds, had been installed <br /> aproximately a decade ago for the portal bench areas. These remain in place and are <br /> maintained. No additional sediment control systems have been identified as <br /> necessary, and none are contemplated in the approved reclamation plan. <br /> Second Season <br /> May. 1993-October, 1993 <br /> These could not have been sealed during 1992 because they were required for ventilation and access <br /> to the underground workings where crews were salvaging equipment, removing oil, etc. <br /> The first motion for use of cash collateral, approved March 22, 1993,allowed expenditures of$50,000 for <br /> portal sealing. The funds were derived from the sale of 160 acres of real estate, a transaction which• <br /> occured in November, 1992. <br /> The third cash collateral motion,which authorized additional funds to complete portal sealing,was <br /> approved November 17, 1993. <br /> Weather conditions limited access to portal areas from late October, 1992 through June, 1993; portals <br /> have been inaccessible since late October, 1993. <br /> Reclamation Activity- 1993 <br />