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not appear that these documents are present in the permit record at the Division. Thus this technical <br /> revision will introduce them to the file because they are relevant to the permitted plan. These are <br /> current as of 2014, but no changes to the easement or the powerlines have occurred since then. CSU <br /> was also heavily involved in the recent consideration and approval of the location of the water line <br /> installed beside the powerlines connecting the Nixon Power Plant to the operation for wash plant use. <br /> Documents regarding that are also available. <br /> The Permanent Easement is, in the areas closest to the eastern side of the land to be mined, a <br /> strip 200'wide at its widest but generally 170' wide to the west of the east section line which is very <br /> close to the fence. Its west easement line is approximately located most easily by measuring 50'to the <br /> west from the most western power poles. The actual distance varies from 45'to 55'depending on the <br /> powerpole, but a nominal distance is 50 feet. The enclosed information shows the actual distance <br /> from each powerpole to the western easement boundary. <br /> The Affected Land boundary in this area is located at the western edge of the easement in <br /> accordance with the Permanent Easement legal description. However, the edge of the Affected Land <br /> identifies the location where disturbance of any land that is associated with the Fountain Pit must <br /> stop. The nearest actual current disturbance of land that involves significant excavation is about 90 <br /> feet from the affected land boundary and the edge of the mining in most places is about 110 to 150 <br /> feet from the edge of the easement. This separation will continue on to the south,parallel to the <br /> easement. Thus, even though a roadway may be present near the easement boundary there will be no <br /> mining excavations closer to the edge of the easement or the affected land boundary than about 100 <br /> feet. This should generate a 150 to 200 foot separation between excavation for mining and the actual <br /> power poles. In accordance with the CSU guidelines,roads are permitted even within the easement <br /> but Schmidt will not have any of those. However, any mine road that Schmidt creates between the <br /> excavation and the edge of the easement will also be available for CSU to use for maintenance of the <br /> powerlines. The height of the lines themselves will be far higher than the height of any equipment <br /> Schmidt would place on the road and that equipment will be further west and outside the easement <br /> corridor relative to the actual power lines. <br /> It is important to note that in the reclamation the layback of the top of the slope to create the 3:1 final <br /> slope will extend into this area a distance approximately equal to 3 times the height of the highwall at <br /> that location. Thus if the total highwall is 45 feet then the approximate location of the most easterly <br /> part of the slope reduction cut will be approximately 135 feet east of the crest of the overburden <br /> highwall. Thus, in the final condition,much of that setback will be consumed in reducing the highwall <br /> to a slope. But in no case will these cuts encroach within the easement. If that is necessary then slope <br /> reduction will be done completely or in part by backfilling to complete the slope reduction if it comes <br /> Fountain Pit Technical Revision#3 - June 2022 M-1982-155 Mining Plan Page 19 of 22 <br />