2010-11-17_REVISION - C1981008 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 11/17/2010
• Doc Name: Transcript MLRB Hearing
• Type & Sequence: PR6
• Email Name: DIH
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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here is the limit to which the Lift A topsoil has
been stripped. That's the uppermost limits of the
topsoil.
Then Lift B has been stripped to this
point (indicated). What you're looking at here in
this next phase, that's the top exposed surface of
the Bench 1 material, and Bench 1 material is
material that's above the over -- above the coal but
it doesn't require blasting. It can be excavated
with a shovel and loaded into trucks.
This last ledge down here
(indicated), that's the level of overburden that
requires blasting in order to be removed.
So the course of operations that's
been followed since February 2008 is Lift A topsoil
was removed and hauled by truck around here to
the -- and stockpiled behind the pit. Then Lift B
material is removed and then hauled and stockpiled
in a separate pile.
The lowermost overburden gets drilled
with a drill rig, shots go off, the material is
either cast blasts or pushed over to make the lower
part of the backfill of the bench. Bench 1 material
is loaded into trucks and hauled around.
Until this summer, Bench 1 material