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(intake air and return air), intake air heating unit, associated buildings, powerlines, and fuel tank.
<br />The 10 Right boreholes (formerly referred to as the EMD borehole) disturbed area is located in
<br />Section 21, T5N, R86W and consists of two boreholes, a pump building, several buried water
<br />lines, topsoil stockpiles, and a graveled pad. The Sandstones substation in Section 20, T5N,
<br />R86W no longer serves as a power drop to the mine. The nearby Barricade chamber (formerly
<br />referred to as the North Escape Shaft) has no facilities but exists as a completed three-foot
<br />diameter shaft that has been capped with a temporary steel cap. The shaft at the Barricade
<br />chamber is used to direct water back into the mine as a part of the mine water system.
<br />The Fish Creek Tipple (FCT) facility is located approximately five miles northeast of the main
<br />portal area in Section 2, T5N, R86W, about seven miles downstream on Fish Creek from the
<br />FCB facility. It was originally permitted separately under permit No. C1981-036 but since has
<br />been incorporated into the Foidel Creek permit No. C-1982-056. It consisted of a rail load out,
<br />crushing and screening equipment, conveyors, stockpile areas, and a sediment control system of
<br />ditches and one pond. The FCT facility has been demolished and the area has been backfilled
<br />and regraded and received Phase I Release in 2013 with SL -01.
<br />The 6 -Main North (6MN) facilities were constructed in 2007-2009 and are located in Section 17,
<br />T5N, R86W. The 6MN facilities consist of an escape shaft with a man hoist for emergency
<br />evacuation, cuttings pit, topsoil stockpiles, transformer, two rock dust tanks and associated
<br />boreholes, MAC borehole, and materials boreholes, compressor building, 6MN million gallon
<br />water tank, 6MN sediment pond, 6MN reservoir, ventilation fan, fan heaters (4), and propane
<br />tank. The 6MN facilities provide support to underground workings in the Northern Mining
<br />District.
<br />The 18 -Right facilities area is located on the eastern flank of the Northern Mining District
<br />workings in Sections 10 and 11, T5N, R86W. The 18 -Right facilities consisted of a borehole,
<br />heater, and hoist building, MAC borehole and monitoring equipment (portable trailers), cuttings
<br />pit, and propane tank. The access road to this site connects to the Fish Creek Tipple facilities
<br />area. The 18 -Right facilities area has been demolished and the area has been backfilled,
<br />regraded and revegetated. This area has received Phase I release in 2013 with the approval of
<br />SL -01.
<br />The 18 -Left facilities were constructed in 2009. These facilities consist of a ventilation shaft
<br />borehole, and escape shaft, MAC borehole, transformer pad, topsoil stockpile, cuttings pit, and
<br />sediment pond. Structures for the escape shaft, ventilation fan, and MAC monitoring will be
<br />removed from other areas of the mine where they are no longer needed, and reconstructed at the
<br />18 -Left site. The 18 -Left facility will support the mine workings in the proposed Western
<br />Mining District.
<br />The 5 -Main North Cement Borehole facilities consists of a pad, topsoil stockpiles and a light use
<br />road approved in 2014. The borehole was used to supply concrete to the Wadge Seam workings.
<br />This borehole will be converted to a de -watering borehole. The 5 -Main North Pipeline was
<br />installed to help facilitate future dewatering operations from the 5 -Main North Borehole. The
<br />pipeline will be used to route mine water to the various water transport systems, storage and
<br />discharge sites within the permit area.
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