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2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES B <br /> MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS. <br /> 6. The underground conveyor along with the access to the conveyor for <br /> overflow material was removed from the shop and warehouse bench in <br /> 2001. <br /> 7. The 2,000 ton surge silo was partially reclaimed in 2001 and completed in <br /> 2007. <br /> 8. The downhill conveyor and bents(both elevated and on grade)from the <br /> Office Bench were removed along with transfer tower#1 in 2001. <br /> 9. The mine offices/bathhouse, fueling station, conveyor system and bulk <br /> rockdust system were removed from the Office and Portal Bench during <br /> 2001 and 2002. <br /> 10. The ventilation fan and all of its support facilities were removed as the <br /> result of a mine fire in 1986. <br /> 11. The water tanks were removed during 2002. <br /> 12. The four bin wall ponds, timber storage area pond, and the west ridge pond <br /> were reclaimed during 2017. <br /> Backfilling and Grading <br /> 1. The two mine portals were backfilled in accordance with Volume 6A- Final <br /> Abandonment Tab, Figure 2.05-6. <br /> 2. As the result of a mine fire in 1986, the ventilation shaft was sealed. <br /> 3. Although the mine permit describes"rock tunnels", they were never <br /> constructed and therefore references to these structures and their <br /> subsequent reclamation elsewhere in the permit should be ignored. <br /> 4. The East Mine was backfilled, graded and revegetated in accordance with <br /> the approved plan during 2008 and 2009. <br /> Timber Storage Area <br /> The ROM storage pile was reduced from approximately 38,000 cubic yards of <br /> stored ROM coal to approximately 17,000 cubic yards of ROM coal storage. To <br /> dispose of the remaining ROM coal, the bench located immediately north of the <br /> West Ridge coal mine waste disposal area was excavated below the level of <br /> the coal mine waste. The remaining ROM coal stored at the timber storage area <br /> was placed in this location during the fourth quarter of 2007 and first quarter of <br /> 2008. <br /> The Timber Storage area was backfilled, graded and revegetated in <br /> accordance with the approved plan during 2008. <br /> Unit Train Loadout and Highway Stockpile <br /> TR-64 60-c 04/19 <br />