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Description of the Loadout Operation Plan <br /> Detailed information on the Loadout Operation Plan is found in Tab 12 of the PAP. Reclamation <br /> activities associated with the Loadout and rail loop are described in Tabs 16-20 and 23 of the <br /> PAP; and in Section B of this document. <br /> Construction of the Loadout and rail loop began in 1978 and coal was shipped to market from <br /> the facility until spring of 1987. Coal was again stored at the Loadout beginning late in 1992. <br /> All remaining coal material has been removed and coal is no longer stored on site. <br /> Technical Revision No. 5 (TR-5), approved July 24, 2000, allowed for utilizing the Loadout to <br /> off-load coal from incoming rail cars. Technical Revision No. 6 (TR-6)provided additional <br /> detail for load-in operations. The facilities approved in TR-6 were never constructed. The load- <br /> in facilities were approved to handle 2,000,000 tons of coal per year. Coal would have been <br /> hauled by truck along the TAHR to the Hayden Power Station. Prior to utilization as a load-in <br /> facility, HGL would have needed to construct support facilities as approved in the permit during <br /> TR-6. Air emissions permits would have been required to be renewed with the Colorado Air <br /> Pollution Control Division prior to implementation of"load-in" operations. Water control <br /> systems and sediment ponds throughout the permit area were appropriate for the load-in <br /> operation. The existing roads would be utilized for the load-in operations with the addition of a <br /> new haul road approved under TR-6. <br /> HGL operated the loadout facility as discussed above, and was permitted to store up to 50,000 <br /> tons of coal at the Loadout and ship 1,000,000 tons of coal per year. In the summer/fall of 2011, <br /> HGL initiated reclamation of the facilities area. The load-in facilities were never constructed <br /> and the Loadout facilities were demolished and removed from the site. The affected area was <br /> graded, topsoiled and seeded. The Division granted Phase I bond release at the site during SL1. <br /> Two existing sediment ponds (and associated NPDES outfalls) act as sediment control for the <br /> runoff from the Loadout area: the Truck Loop Pond (Pond A,NPDES Outfall 006)which <br /> received runoff from the truck loop and office area and the Rail Loop Pond (Pond B,NPDES <br /> Outfall 007)which received runoff from the coal crushing, storage and tipple areas. A system of <br /> ditches diverts freshwater around the disturbance and another system of culverts and ditches <br /> conveys water under roadways and to the sediment ponds. <br /> Sixteen small area exemptions are permitted for the three topsoil stockpiles (TS-1, a portion of <br /> TS-2, and TS-3) associated with the Loadout, and six topsoil stockpiles (A, C, D, E, F, and G) <br /> and a temporary waste stockpile associated with the TAHR outside the sediment control system. <br /> A small area exemption has been approved for the electrical substation located in the northwest <br /> corner of the facilities area. The Office/Parking Lot/Leach field has been approved as a small <br /> area exemption. HGL has demonstrated that due to the revegetation efforts of the disturbance <br /> associated with the railroad loop, the peak settleable solids concentration is below the water <br /> quality effluent standard. The rail loop is considered as a small area exemption. Two additional <br /> areas designated as Areas 1 and 2 identified on Exhibit 12-2 in the PAP have been granted a <br /> small area exemption. A small area exemption has been granted for the H-G Shallow Well No. 1 <br /> and associated pipeline corridor. <br /> 10 <br />