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In the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 1 of 9 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) In re: ) Chapter 11 ) LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCES INC., et al.,1 ) Case No. 20-13056 (JTD) ) Debtors. ) (Jointly Administered) ) AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE I, James Nguyen-Phan, depose and say that I am employed by Stretto, the claims and noticing agent for the Debtors in the above-captioned cases. On March 4, 2021, at my direction and under my supervision, employees of Stretto caused the following documents to be served via first-class mail on the service list attached hereto as Exhibit A, and via electronic mail on the service list attached hereto as Exhibit B: • Order Approving Stipulation By and Between Debtors and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (Docket No. 398) • Order (I) Authorizing the Transfer of Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC’s Interests in Certain Tangible Personal Property in Longview, Washington Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363 of the Bankruptcy Code Free and Clear of Liens, Claims, Encumbrances and Other Interests, and (II) Granting Related Relief (Docket No. 399) [SPACE LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK] 1 The Debtors in these chapter 11 cases, along with the last four digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number include: Lighthouse Resources Inc. (4713), LHR Coal, LLC (4799), KCP, Inc. (2558), Big Horn Coal Company (7087), Rosebud Coal Sales Company (9016), KCP Properties, Inc. (8372), Decker Holding Company, LLC (8881), Decker Coal Company, LLC (3731), Montana Royalty Holdings, LLC (1107), LHR Infrastructure, LLC (9619), Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC (0354), Barlow Point Land Company, LLC (1398), Columbia Land Co., LLC (6826), and Gulf States Bulk Terminal, LLC (5870). The location of the Debtors’ service address in these chapter 11 cases is 10980 South Jordan Gateway, South Jordan, Utah 84095. Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 2 of 9 Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 3 of 9 Exhibit A Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 4 of 9 Exhibit A Served Via First-Class Mail Name Attention Address 1 Address 2 City State Zip Buckley Powder Co. Kim Frazer PO Box 17532 Denver CO 80217-0532 Delaware State Treasury 820 Silver Lake Blvd., Suite 100 Dover DE 19904 Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Ogden UT 84201-0009 Grette Associates 151 S. Worthen Street - Suite 101 Wenatchee WA 98801 Internal Revenue Service PO Box 7346 Philadelphia PA 19101-7346 Internal Revenue Service Centralized Insolvency Operation PO Box 7346 Philadelphia PA 19101-7346 Interstate Power Systems Inc. 1140 Main Street Billing MT 59107 Kiewit Royalty Trust Trust Division US Bank National Association 1700 Farnam Street Omaha NE 68102 Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology 1300 West Park Street Butte MT 59701-8997 Montana Dept of Environmental Quality DEQ Hard Rock Mining Bureau PO Box 200901 Helena MT 59620-0901 Montana Office of the Attorney General 215 N. Sanders Justice Building, Third Fl Helena MT 59601 Office of Natural Resources Rev PO Box 25065 Denver Federal Center Denver CO 80225-0065 Rimpull Corporation PO Box 748 Olathe KS 66051-0748 Robert W Ferguson, Attorney General 1125 Washington Street Terence A Pruit WSBA #34156 Assistant Attorney General Natural Resources Division SE PO Box 40100 Olympia WA 98504-0100 Secretary of State Division of Corporations Franchise Tax PO Box 898 Dover DE 19903 Securities & Exchange Commission 100 F Street, NE Washington DC 20549 Brookfield Place Securities and Exchange Commission Attn: Andrew Calamari, Regional Director New York Regional Office 200 Vesey Street, Suite 400 New York NY 10281-1022 State of Montana Dept of Environmental Quality 1520 E. 6Th Ave Helena MT 59601 State of Washington Dept of Ecology Director PO Box 47600 Olympia WA 98504-7600 State of Wyoming Dept of Environmental Quality Director 122 W. 25Th Street Cheyenne WY 82002 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155 Seattle WA 98101 United States Attorney’s Office For the District of Delaware 1313 N Market Street Wilmington DE 19801 Utah Office of the Attorney General Utah State Capitol Complex 350 North State St Ste 230 Salt Lake City UT 84114 Washington Office of the Attorney General 1125 Washington St Se Olympia WA 98501 Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary S Franz MS 47001 Olympia WA 98504-7001 Washington State Department of Ecology Maia D Bellon 300 Desmond Drive SE Lacey WA 98503 Wyoming Dept of Environmental Quality DEQ Land Quality Division 200 West 17th Street Suite 10 Cheyenne WY 82002 Wyoming Office of the Attorney General Kendrick Building 2320 Capitol Ave Cheyenne WY 82002 In re: Lighthouse Resources Inc., et al. Case No. 20-13056 (JTD) Page 1 of 1 Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 5 of 9 Exhibit B Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 6 of 9 Exhibit B Served Via Electronic Mail Name Attention 1 Attention 2 Email Anchor QEA Kendra Skellenger [email protected] Arch Resources, Inc. c/o Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Attn: John M Spires [email protected] Attn: Christopher A Ward [email protected] Arch Resources, Inc. c/o Polsinelli PC & Brenna A Dolphin [email protected] Arnold Machinery Company Attn: Don Darling [email protected] Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company c/o McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Attn: Gary D Bressler [email protected] Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company c/o McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter, LLP Attn: Michael R Morano [email protected] Attn: John Sabastian & [email protected] Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company c/o Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, LLP Lauren E Rankins [email protected] Big Horn County Treasurer Denise Rios [email protected] Attn: Kate Roggio Buck [email protected] Bitter Creek Coal Company c/o McCarter & English, LLP & Shannon D Humiston [email protected] Attn: David M Fournier [email protected] BNSF Railway Company c/o Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP & Kenneth A Listwak [email protected] BNSF Railway Company c/o Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Attn: Edward C Toole, Jr [email protected] Brook Mining Company, LLC, and Attn: Stephen M Miller [email protected] Ramaco Wyoming Coal Co., LLC c/o Morris James LLP & Douglas N Candeub [email protected] Brook Mining Company, LLC, and Ramaco Wyoming Coal Co., LLC c/o Wendtland & Wendtland LLP Attn: Anthony T Wendtland [email protected] Carlile Enterprises Inc. David Carlile [email protected] Cowlitz County Treasurer Tracy McDaniel [email protected] Cypress Advisory, LLC Paige Weinstein [email protected] Davis, Graham & Stubbs LLP [email protected] Department of Ecology - Wastewater Permit [email protected] Department of Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency US Department of Justice Attn: Jeanne T. Cohn [email protected] Equipment Mantenance Service Attn: Laurie Wasson [email protected] Esco Corporation Attn: LeAnn Wilson [email protected] Holmes Family Limited Partnership Royalties Attn: Shelly Holmes [email protected] ICF Jones & Stokes Inc. Zeeshawn Amin [email protected] Komatsu Equipment Company Robert Richens [email protected] Komatsu Financial Limited Partnership c/o Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP Attn: David B Stratton [email protected] Komatsu Financial Limited Partnership c/o Vedder Price P.C. Attn: Douglas J Lipke [email protected] Komatsu Financial Limited Partnership c/o Vedder Price P.C. Attn: Raymond M Navaro [email protected] Montana Department of Environmental Attn: Zachary I. Shapiro, [email protected] Quality and the Montana Department Robert C. Maddox, [email protected] of Natural Resources & Conservation c/o Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. David T. Queroli [email protected] Montana Department of Revenue [email protected] Attn: Zachary I Shapiro, [email protected] Robert C Maddox, [email protected] Montana Department of Revenue c/o Richards, Layton & Finger, PA David T Queroli [email protected] Montana Department of Revenue Teresa G Whitney [email protected] Montana Dept of Envirnonmental Attn: Matthew Dorrington [email protected] Montana Dept of Environmental Quality [email protected] Montana Dept of Environmental Quality DEQ Coal Section [email protected] Montana Dept of Environmental Quality DEQ Opencut Mining Section [email protected] National Environmental Strategies, Inc. Attn: Madonna Mitchell [email protected] Attn: Kelsey A Bomar [email protected] Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC c/o Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP & Jody C Barillare [email protected] In re: Lighthouse Resources, Inc., et al. Case No. 20-13056 (JTD) Page 1 of 2 Case 20-13056-JTD Doc 411 Filed 03/05/21 Page 7 of 9 Exhibit B Served Via Electronic Mail Name Attention 1 Attention 2 Email Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC c/o Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Attn: John C Goodchild [email protected] Navajo Transitional Energy Company LLC c/o Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Attn: Joshua Dorchak [email protected] NMV International, LLC Attn: Mel Richmond [email protected] Padlock Ranch Company c/o Bielli & Klauder, LLC Attn: David M Klauder [email protected] Attn: Paul D Graslie, [email protected] Kyle J Hendrickson, [email protected] Padlock Ranch Company c/o Lonabaugh and Riggs, LLP Haultain E. Corbett [email protected] [email protected] Attn: Andrew Philip Walker [email protected] Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Office of the General Counsel & Ralph L Landy [email protected] RCF Fund V Annex-Note Payable & Interest Ross Bhappu [email protected] RCF Fund VI - Notes Payable & Interest Ross Bhappu [email protected] RCF Mgmt Invoices Ross Bhappu [email protected] RCF V - Note Payable & Interest Ross Bhappu [email protected] [email protected] Attn: Christopher Richardson, [email protected] Resource Capital Fund V, L.P., Resources Capital Joel Benson, Kyler Burgi, [email protected] Fund VI, L.P., and RCF V Annex Fund, L.P.
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