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No coal is proposed to be mined within the permit area and the proposed permit area has not <br />been previously mined. Coal loadout and reclamation operations will be conducted at the site. <br />The areas disturbed by the loadout facilities will be returned to industrial, fish and wildlife and <br />combination rangeland and fish/wildlife habitat land use. <br />The Division has made a determination that there is no existence of alluvial valley floors (AVF) <br />within the permit area based on the rules set forth in Rule 2.06.8(3) (c) and 2.07.6(2)(k). This <br />determination is based on information provided by the applicant which demonstrates that a) there <br />are no stream laid deposits meeting the pertinent size criteria, b) the project area does not meet <br />the minimum requirements for agricultural activities and c) the area is overlain by a veneer of <br />colluvial deposits. The results of the AVF investigation are in Exhibit 14 — Alluvial Valley Floor <br />of the Fruita Loadout permit. <br />Description of Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />This permit application package is for a unit train loadout. No mining underground or surface <br />raining will take place within the permit boundary. The approved surface disturbance associated <br />with the unit train loadout activities within the permit area include 1) haul road, 2) access road, <br />3) light use road, 4) truck dump, 5) coal stockpile, 6) loading system and, 7) rail loop and spur <br />track. The area east of Reed Wash was previously disturbed by industrial operations associated <br />with the old refinery located to the east of the property. In the eastern part of the site, there are <br />several large impoundments that were utilized as evaporation ponds and landfarm areas for <br />refinery- generated waters and waste materials. There are several landfill areas at the site, where <br />coke fines are buried, along with a seven acre closed landfill which contains solidified acid - <br />sludge material. <br />Coal will be hauled to the unit train loadout facility by others in highway legal trucks. Coal will <br />be dumped from the trucks and placed into stockpile by a stacking conveyor and radial stacker <br />conveyor. Coal will be reclaimed from the stockpile and conveyed to the unit train loadout. The <br />unit train loadout will load rail cars for rail shipment to customers located elsewhere. Coal <br />throughput at the loadout will increase with time and should not exceed about one million tons <br />per year. No processing of coal (crushing, screening, or washing) is proposed for this facility. <br />Two haul roads are proposed within the permit area, as illustrated on permit Map 15 — Haul Road <br />Plan and Profile. Haul roads will be constructed using a minimum 12 -inch thickness of Pit Run <br />gravel, topped with 6 inches of 1 -1I2 inch road base surfacing. <br />Haul Road #1 is 0.58 miles long, and provides vehicular access and egress to the permit area <br />from County Road 15. This haul road is 25 feet wide, and occupies an easement 30 feet in <br />width. The maximum grade of Haul Road #1 is 0.1 %. Due to the narrow easement width and <br />the flat grade of the road, sediment and erosion control will be accomplished by the installation <br />of excelsior logs along the southern side of the road embankment. Also, rather than having a <br />center crown, the entire surface of Haul Road #1 will be graded to drain to the south. <br />Haul Road 42 is 0.22 miles long, and forms a one -way loop from which the coal haul trucks <br />access the truck dump. Once the trucks have transferred their loads to the truck dump, they will <br />4 <br />