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Rule 2.05.3 — Operation Plan — Permit Area <br />4. The two sections of the PAP that address these rules cover some of the same topics. <br />Please review the text of sections 2.05.2 and 2.05.3, ensuring that the information <br />accurately describes the mine plan and is up to date and consistent. <br />Permit section.205.2 was updated and provided in revision TR -137 in May 2015 and in <br />revision MR -413 in July 2015. A copy of these updated pages is attached for your <br />convenience. Also attached are updates to the text of MCC's Permit Section 2.05.3 that are <br />also provided as part of the attached application for Minor Revision MR -417. <br />5. The text refers to Maps 50 (F -seam), 51 (E -seam) and 52 (B -seam) in the description of <br />the mine plan. These maps were last updated in 2008, 2011 and 2008 respectively. It <br />appears that some of the information shown on the maps is out of date. Additionally, the <br />decision form for TR -137 indicates that Map 52 should have been updated in 2015. <br />Please review Maps 50-52, updating as necessary. <br />The F Seam Mine Map 50 has been updated to include the current leases and permit <br />boundaries, but no other changes have been made or are needed. The E Seam Map 51 <br />has been updated to show E seam mining that has been completed since the map was last <br />updated with MR -404 in 2014. The B Seam Map 52 was updated and provided to the <br />Division with TR -137 in 2015. Please let me know if you need another copy of this approved <br />map for your files. Updated Maps 50 and 51 are also included in the attached Minor <br />Revision MR -417 application. <br />6. Table 28 gives an estimate of recoverable coal reserves, based on MCC's 2004 budget <br />plan. <br />Please review Table 28. Can the estimate be updated? <br />As stated above in response #4, the permit text, including Table 28, was updated and <br />provided to the Division last year. See the attached courtesy copy. <br />7. Table 32 gives actual and projected coal production and employment for the life of mine. <br />Please update Table 32 with actual data through 2015 and revised projections for <br />the remaining life of mine (or at least the next permit term). <br />As is also stated in response #4 above, Permit Section 2.05.3 has been updated, including <br />Table 32. See the revised table included with the attached Minor Revision application. <br />8. Maps 54, 54A and 54B show sediment and drainage control structures within the permit <br />area. It appears that this series of maps may have become out of date as the design for <br />the network has been updated. This was highlighted recently with the separation of the <br />culvert marked as C2 -3A on Map 54, which is apparently re -designated as C5E-25. <br />Exhibit 66 contains the designs for the ditches, culverts and ponds. It is a very large <br />exhibit, and extracting the design specification for any given structure is onerous. <br />a. Please update Maps 54, 54A and 54B so that the labels on the maps are <br />consistent with the designs in Exhibit 66 <br />b. Please consider adding summary tables of design specifications for <br />surface water control structures (culverts, ditches, ponds) to the PAP <br />Exhibit 66 was updated and revised with Technical Revision TR -122 in late 2010. Included <br />in this revision were updates to Maps 54, 54A and 54B, as well as ditch, culvert and pond <br />summary Tables 44 and 45. These updates were necessitated then because Ponds MB -1 <br />and MB -2 were removed and were replaced by Pond MB -5E. The nomenclature for culverts <br />