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NMD (Panels 17 -Right through 24 -Right, PR03-06 and PR06-07)
<br />The same mining method utilized in the southern half of the NMD will be used to extract coal from the northern
<br />half of this area. Existing surface facilities, including the EMD ventilation site, and 18 -Right and 6 -Main North
<br />Ventilation Shafts and associated support facilities, will be used for mining of coal in this part of the NMD permit
<br />area.
<br />WMD (Panels 12- through 17 -Left, 13- and 14 -Left Inby, and 19- through 20 -Left, PR06-07, PR09-08, TR07-
<br />63, TR08-64, TR09-68, TR09-71)
<br />The same mining method utilized in the NMD will be used to extract coal from the WMD. The existing surface
<br />facilities, including the 6 -Main North Ventilation Shaft and associated support facilities, along with the new 18 -Left
<br />Ventilation Installation, will be used for mining of coal in this part of the WMD permit area.
<br />WCR (Rock -Slope Access, Development and Mining of Panels WC-4RT through WC-9RT, and Internal
<br />Ventilation and Utility Shaft, TR13-83, PR15-11)
<br />The same mining methods and equipment utilized in the WMD will be used to extract coal from the WCR. The
<br />planned internal shaft will be developed using raise -bore or conventional sink methods. The existing surface
<br />facilities, including the NWM Ventilation Shaft, 6 -Main North Ventilation Shaft and associated support facilities,
<br />and existing mine dewatering systems, will be used for mining of coal in the WCR.
<br />(2) Operation Description
<br />(a) Surface mining. A detailed narrative description and appropriate map(s)prepared in
<br />accordance with 2.10 describing the land to be affected within the permit area accordingto o the proposed sequence
<br />of mining and reclamation. Each narrative and/or map shall include a detailed timetable sufficient to describe the
<br />various mining phases proposed by the applicant. the maximum acreage proposed for each phase of the operations
<br />within the permit area must be specified.
<br />RESPONSE
<br />No surface mining is planned in this application. Therefore, the requirements of this Section are not applicable to
<br />either the Foidel Creek operation or the Fish Creek Tipple operation
<br />(b) Underground mining. A detailed narrative and appropriate map(s) prepared according to the standards
<br />of 2.10, sufficient to describe all proposed surface disturbances to be associated with the underground
<br />mining activities within the permit area. Each operation plan shall include a narrative, cross-sections,
<br />map(s), and timetable(s) sufficient to describe the areal extent of the proposed underground workings
<br />and the stratum to be affected.
<br />RESPONSE
<br />The mine portals are located in the NE'/NE'/ Section 32, T5N, R86W, Routt County, Colorado. Currently, these
<br />portals are the primary access to the mine for men and materials, utility services, and ventilation. Additionally,
<br />another portal was driven northeast of the original portals, as shown on Map 23, Mine Plan. This portal provides
<br />supplemental access for men, equipment, and supplies into the mine. Other openings into the mine include:
<br />• Zero -Entry Fan
<br />• Fresh Water Borehole
<br />• Thickener Underflow Boreholes (1MN, 6RT, 7RT, 2MN, 12 -Left, 14 -Left, 15 -Left, 16 -Left, and 17 -Left)
<br />• Rock -Dust Borehole
<br />• Fish Creek 1 and 2 Dewatering Boreholes and Ventilation Shaft
<br />• Barricade Chamber Access Escape Shaft
<br />• 10 -Right Dewatering Boreholes 1 and 2
<br />• Substation No. 11 Power -Drop Borehole
<br />TRI 8-90 2.05-11.1 04/05/18
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