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Terror Creek Loadout(C-1983-059) MT-8 <br /> and storage facilities. The anticipated annual coal tonnage permitted to be handled at this facility is <br /> up to 500,000 tons. <br /> Drainage and sedimentation control consists of a diversion ditch to direct undisturbed irrigation <br /> drainage and storm runoff around the site, a berm to prevent spillage of coal over the bench, and a <br /> sediment pond and dugout pond to retain disturbed drainage and allow for NPDES compliance prior <br /> to discharge. <br /> Sediment will be periodically removed from the sedimentation ponds to ensure proper functioning of <br /> the ponds. If needed, the sediment removed from the ponds will be placed in the sediment storage <br /> pile. Annually, during the summer months, a portion or all of the sediment pile will be spread over <br /> the site to improve drainage and to keep the size of the pile at approximately 1,500 tons. Interim <br /> revegetation of road cuts, berms, and the topsoil stockpiles further minimize wind and water erosion. <br /> Raw coal from haulage trucks or from the raw coal stockpile is approved to be dumped into an <br /> enclosed, underground feeder. The coal is then conveyed to appropriate screens for size separation <br /> and crushed if necessary. The product coal is then either loaded directly into rail cars or placed in an <br /> appropriate stockpile for later loading. Product coal includes lump, stoker, and fines. Limited coal <br /> crushing is performed at the loadout. Crushing, conveying and loadout operations are equipped with <br /> a water spray system to control dust. <br /> Prior to the approval of Permit Revision No. 1 (PR-01), the reclamation plan specified the demolition <br /> and disposal of some facilities, grading to restore the site to the approximate original contour, topsoil <br /> replacement, and seeding with adapted pasture grasses. The site was to be reclaimed to a post- <br /> mining land use of irrigated hay "Cropland". Details of the previously approved plan have been <br /> retained in section 2.05.4 of the Permit Application Package (PAP) for future reference. <br /> With the approval of PR-01, the Division approved a change in the post-mining land use to "Industrial <br /> or Commercial". The currently approved reclamation plan is described in section 2.05.5 of the PAP. <br /> The reclamation plan specifies that the facility pads will remain in the pads current configurations, <br /> which reflect the configurations during the active life of the loadout. Concrete walls and footers will <br /> be demolished and Loadout tunnels will be filled. The approved post-mining topography is shown on <br /> Map 10 of the PAP, which was revised with PR-01. Map 10 and section 2.05.5 both refer to Maps 12 <br /> and 13 of the PAP, which identify topographic sections. Maps 12 and 13 of the PAP were not revised <br /> with PR-01, however the text of section 2.05.5 and in the legend of Map 10 of the PAP clearly states <br /> that the "Present Configuration" shown in the topographic section drawings now represents the <br /> revised post-mining configuration. <br /> Facilities approved to remain after reclamation include the office, garage, wooden building adjacent <br /> to the office, the paved haul road and all of the gravel access road. The siding track may remain if it is <br /> sold to the Union Pacific Railroad. <br /> Page 4of6 <br />