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2.05.3 Operation Plan -Permit Area <br />2.05.3(1) Production Methods and Equipment <br />The Carbon Junction Mine was planned as a steeply dipping seam open pit mining <br />operation, extracting one thick coal seam above a competent sandstone base. Trucks and <br />shovels (including a backhoe) were used to conduct overburden extraction and coal <br />removal. <br />2.05.3(2) Operation Description <br />No further coal mining will occur at the Carbon Junction Mine under this permit. The <br />mine has been reclaimed. Remaining activities will be limited to those necessary to <br />monitor reclamation. <br />2.05.3(3) Mine Facilities <br />No mine facilities remain after completion of reclamation with the exception of the paved <br />haul road that has been approved for permanent retention. Sediment control structures <br />wereremoved after a demonstration of erosion minimization attainment as provided for <br />in the CDRMS liability and bond release criteria. The following information is retained <br />for historical documentation and perspective and to demonstrate regulatory compliance <br />where applicable. <br />Mine Support Facilities <br />The Disturbance Map 5-2 shows the former location of all of the anticipated or actual <br />mine facilities and each structure is labeled according to its intended formeruse. All <br />facilities have been removed from the mine site or reclaimed. Each facility wasdesigned <br />to be mobile or portable. No permanent facilities wereconstructed. <br />Prior to construction of the facilities, all topsoil was salvaged and stored (see 2.05.3(5) <br />and Map 5-1). The facilities were located and constructed according to the particular <br />specifications for that structure. There are no specific design criteria for the particular <br />structures other than criteria assigned in designing the sediment control system and the <br />air pollution control measures, both of which are described in this section. <br />Existing Facilities <br />There wereno regulated existing structures on-site prior to mining and as a result, there <br />are no compliance plans, or designs which are required by this section. <br />Roads, Conveyors, and Rail Systems <br />One haul road from the pit to the staging area as shown on Map 5-1 has been constructed. <br />The haul road described below has been designed to comply with the design specification <br />Abridged Permit Document 5-2Permit Renewal RN04 4/2014 <br />