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2.05.3(5) Topsoil <br />Please see Section 2.05.4(2)(d) Topsoil Redistribution for a discussion on Topsoil as required by <br />2.05.3(5). <br />2.05.3(6) Overburden <br />Please see Section 2.05.4(2)(c) Backfilling and Grading for a discussion on overburden as <br />required by 2.05.3(6). <br />2.05.3(7) Coal Handling Structures <br />No coal crushing or processing will occur at the mine. The run -of -mine coal will be loaded on <br />highway trucks in the pit and hauled to the Nucla Station for further processing. <br />2.05.3(8) Coal Mine Waste and Non -Coal Processing Wastes <br />There are no coal processing facilities nor are any proposed at the NHN Mine area. All of the <br />coal is transported to the power station by a transportation contractor. Reject rock from a rotary <br />breaker at the power plant may be transported back to the mine site and deposited in the pit at <br />least 10' below the subsoil level. <br />Non -coal wastes shall be periodically transported to the county landfill. Trees and brush removed <br />in the site clearing process may be chipped and used for mulch or pushed into an adjacent mined <br />out pit and buried. <br />TABLE 2.05.3-1 <br />MAJOR MINING EQUIPMENT <br />NEW HORIZON NORTH MINE, MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO <br />PRIMARY EXCAVATION EQUIPMENT <br />Equipment Type <br />Quantity <br />Capacity <br />Hydraulic Shovel <br />1 <br />20 cubic yards <br />End Dump Truck <br />4 <br />100 tons <br />Crawler Tractor <br />2 <br />400 horsepower <br />Crawler Tractor <br />1 <br />770 horsepower <br />MAJOR SUPPORT EQUIPMENT <br />Equipment Type <br />Quantity <br />Capacity <br />Overburden Drill <br />1 <br />6-3/4" diameter <br />Wheel Loader <br />1 <br />7 cubic yards <br />Motor Grader <br />1 <br />200 horsepower <br />Water Truck <br />1 <br />9,000 gallons <br />Section 2.05.3 Page 4 August 2015 (MR -15) <br />