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Area - Specific Reclamation Plans <br />The following discussions detail site - specific reclamation plans and reclamation status for distinct mine areas: <br />• No. 5 Portal Area <br />• No. 5A Portal Area <br />• Coal Storage/Loading Silo <br />• Overland Conveyor <br />• No. 9 Portal Area <br />• Waste Disposal Site (approved) <br />• No. 5 and No. 6 Mine Water Handling Systems <br />• Wastewater Treatment Facility <br />• Fresh Water System <br />• Red Rock Crusher <br />• Old Shop Area (Empire Village) <br />• Utah Tract <br />• Miscellaneous Areas <br />• Multi Service Building <br />• Solid Waste Disposal Area <br />No. 5 Mine Portal Area <br />The No. 5 Mine Portal Area was initially disturbed in the early 1970's, prior to promulgation of SMCRA. As such, <br />surface facility development and construction did not include salvage of soil materials for later reclamation. This soil <br />material deficiency was addressed by salvaging additional topsoil during subsequent construction of the mine drainage <br />and sediment control system. In addition, up to 24 inches of soil material was salvaged during construction of the <br />shop, wastewater treatment facility, and the No. 5 and No. 6 mine water handling system. Please refer to Table 58, <br />Topsoil Replacement - No. 5 Portal and General Area, for soil replacement volumes. The additional soil material <br />volumes salvaged during these construction activities is summarized in Table 68, No. 5 Portal - Recent Topsoil <br />Salvage Volumes. <br />Reclamation of the No. 5 Mine Portal Area will follow the general steps outlined at the beginning of this section, <br />modified as follows. All structures and facilities will be removed from the site. This will include, but not be limited <br />to the removal of. railroad tracks, scale- house, coal silo, coal conveying system, rotary breaker, screening plant, <br />reclaim tunnel, all offices, shop /warehouse, laboratory, bathhouses, rock dust tanks, electrical substation, fencing, and <br />the 48 -inch overland conveyor, and associated structures. Mobile trailers, including the administration office trailer, <br />which were used as offices have been removed from the site. Dependent on the nature and extent of ongoing and <br />anticipated future activities, facility removal may be phased, with appropriate facilities remaining in place to support <br />these activities. The value and utility of individual facilities to support ongoing and anticipated future operations or <br />postmining uses will be evaluated prior to demolition and removal, and if appropriate, any request for permanent <br />retention of facilities will be submitted as a revision for CDRMS approval. <br />The No. 5 Mine Portals were permanently sealed in 1996 -1998 by placing an MSHA- approved seal in each of the <br />entries, covering any exposed coal seams, and backfilling the portal cut using non - toxic, non - combustible material. <br />The No. 5 Mine Substation and Women's and Visitor Bathhouses were also removed and associated disturbance areas <br />reclaimed at this time. The remainder of the No. 5 Portal face -up area was backfilled with excess borrow material <br />from the spur track extension, the adjacent coal stockpile pad area, railcar loading/unloading ramps, and excess <br />material from the No. 9 portal excavation. The backfilled face -up area was sloped at approximately 3H:1 V to assure a <br />stable configuration and blend with the adjacent undisturbed slopes. Trucks and front -end loaders, graders and dozers <br />were used in the backfilling operation. Placement of the backfill material in lifts and equipment traffic during <br />)ackfilling operations provided for adequate compaction of the fills. Final grading focused on achieving the design <br />postmining topography and left the surface in a roughened condition. <br />TR14 -36 2.05 -26 Revised 03/04/14 <br />