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RULE 2 PERMITS <br /> Crushing and Loadout Facilities <br /> The coal crushing and loadout facilities include four separate facilities: (1) primary crusher; (2) <br /> secondary crusher and train loadout; (3) stoker coal crusher; and (4) stoker loadout siding. <br /> The primary crusher facility is located in Section 3, Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th <br /> P.M., as shown on the Existing Structures - South Map(Map 22). Included in the primary crusher <br /> facility are a raw coal stockpile area, a truck dump, a primary crusher, a covered conveyor, a <br /> storage bin, and a truck load-out. This facility was constructed in 1979. <br /> Coal is typically hauled from the pit in rear dump haulage trucks to the primary crusher site. The <br /> coal is then dumped directly into the truck dump hopper,or stockpiled.The truck dump is equipped <br /> with dust control spray bars.The coal from the stockpile is fed into the hopper by front-end loaders. <br /> Feeders at the bottom of the truck dump hopper discharge the coal into the primary crusher. The <br /> primary crusher reduces the raw coal to an approximate 8 inch by 0 inch size. Following primary <br /> crushing, the coal is discharged onto a conveyor belt which transports the coal to a storage bin. <br /> The coal is then gravity discharged into highway trucks and hauled to the secondary crusher <br /> facility. <br /> The secondary crusher and train load-out facility is known as the Gossard Loadout and is. located <br /> in Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 93 West. <br /> Included in Gossard Loadout facility are a coal stockpile area, a truck dump, a secondary crusher, <br /> a covered conveyor, a crushed coal stockpile, and a train load-out. Construction was completed <br /> on this facility in 1979. In 1987 a covered reclaim conveyor was added. <br /> The coal stockpile is utilized for storage of the coal hauled from the primary crusher facility. <br /> Depending on the amount of coal in the"live"stockpile and/or the operating status of the secondary <br /> crusher,coal can be placed in temporary storage or directly discharged into the truck dump.Trucks, <br /> the reclaim conveyor, and/or a front-end loader can discharge coal into the truck dump hopper. <br /> When coal is stockpiled-at a distance to the West of the truck dump, front-end loaders reclaim the <br /> coal and feed the reclaim conveyor which transports the coal directly to the truck dump hopper. <br /> Feeders at the bottom of the hopper will discharge the coal into a secondary crusher.The secondary <br /> crusher will reduce the coal to an approximate 1 1/2 inch by 0 inch size. After secondary crushing, <br /> the coal is conveyed on a conveyor belt for discharge through a stacking tube into the crushed coal <br /> stockpile. The coal is then fed by gravity directly into unit trains which pass through a corrugated <br /> steel tunnel located beneath the crushed coal stockpile. <br /> All the conveyors are completed with walkways on both sides of the belt and are enclosed to <br /> control emissions. A bag house is installed at the secondary crusher building. Additional fugitive <br /> dust control measures for the coal crushing handling,and loadout facilities are discussed in Section <br /> 2.05.6. <br /> Drainage from the primary crusher currently enters the active mining area and will eventually pass <br /> through the sedimentation pond in Section 2 Township 3 North, Range 93 West as shown on Map <br /> Rule 2 Permits 2.05-7 Revision Date: 12/20/19 <br /> Revision No.: TR-135 <br />