2016-06-08_PERMIT FILE - C1982056A (4)

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Overland Belt Magnet (MR02-179) •When the overland belt is no longer needed, it and its associated structures will be dismantled and removed from the property. The concrete piers will be demolished to three feet below grade and the concrete will be hauled to the pit for burial. The metal from the framework will be recycled, and the magnet offered to sister companies for use. The concrete pad will be demolished and hauled to the pit for burial. The area then will be graded and reclaimed consistent with the previously approved plan. Batch-Weigh/Loadout System Reclamation of the batch -weigh system coal stockpile area, conveyor areas, and batch-weigh/loadout building site will be accomplished according to the existing Reclamation Timetable (Table 52). All structures will be removed from the site, with the exception of the reclaim tunnel. Concrete foundation materials will either be disposed of in the reclaim tunnel, or will be transported to the portal highwall cut, and buried. That portion of the reclaim tunnel which is above grade, will be broken -up. That portion of the reclaim tunnel which is below grade will be demolished to a depth of approximately 3 feet, the tunnel will be filled with the resulting demolition debris and overburden materials, and the tunnel will then be abandoned in place. Reclamation of the batch -weigh system coal stockpile site will involve reconfiguring the site in order to reestablish premining contours. During construction of the batch -weigh loadout system facilities, fill material may be removed from the site for use in the realignment of CR 27. In order to reestablish premising contours, TCC will replace an equivalent volume of material at the batch -weigh loadout system site during final reclamation. The replacement material will consist of spoil obtained during regrading operations in the area south of the existing portals and associated facilities. The volume of replacement material potentially required (maximum 12,000 cubic yards) will have no discernible impact on the final regraded configuration proposed for the source area described. After respreading the cover materials, soil materials will be re -spread. Calculations indicate that 2,500 cubic yards of soil salvaged from the •site will be re -spread. The re -spread soil will be prepared for seeding and will be seeded according to the approved reclamation plan for similar adjacent areas. Postmining topography for the area will approximate that shown on Map 31, Postmining Topography. Truth Loadout When the Truck Loadout is no longer needed to support coal transport operations, it will be removed, and the associated disturbance areas reclaimed. Reclamation will involve removal of all loadout and conveyor structures and equipment; demolition of the Truck Loadout Building and associated foundations, conveyor bent foundations, and the coal reclaim and escape tunnels; removal of culverts, regrading and reestablishment of drainage; and soil material replacement; and revegetation. Equipment and scrap steel resulting from building and tunnel demolition will be loaded and hauled off-site for reuse, salvage, or disposal. Concrete slabs, foundations, support piers, and caissons will be broken -up to at least one -foot below grade and the resulting concrete demolition debris will be disposed of in either the mine portal area or the reclaim tunnel excavation. Given that it will be well below the design reclaimed surface, the concrete feed bunker will be collapsed and buried in-place. Culverts will be removed, the reclaim tunnel will be backfilled, and stockpile and facilities areas will be regraded consistent with the design postmining topography to a stable configuration which blends with the surrounding terrain and promotes effective through drainage. Given that the Truck Loadout area was previously disturbed, any stockpiled topsoil salvaged during the original disturbance activities will be replaced, and the area will be reseeded with the pastureland seed mixture. Waste Pile Development and reclamation of the waste pile (Coal Refuse Disposal Area) will occur as a sequential series of steps; The waste pile, associated internal and external drainage control systems, and associated haulroad will be constructed in •stages, with reclamation of successive fill benches, as they are completed. This progressive sequence of activities will occur throughout the duration of pile construction. The following reclamation details are based on recommendation presented in Exhibits 26A and 26A-1. RN08-05 2.05-102 03/12/10