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- ~ - ~,,~~ planned future surface disturbance is the construction of a sediment pond and topsoil stockpile which will occur after permit approval. Coal is mined underground in a down dip direction using continuous miners with a room and pillar method of mining. The workings have already pro- gressed to a point about 1400 fee[ from the portal entries. The opera- tion will produce approximately 123,000 tons of coal per year with pos- sible increases to 246,000 tons in the second year. The total anticipa- ted production for the permit term is around 369,500 tons over a two or three year period. .Mining during this term will aid the Salt Creek :lfin- ing Company in determining the feasibility of further mining of coal be- yond the permit term. _ -The-loadout is 1QCated along-a railroad siding in Loma, Colorado, some 20 miles due south. The loadout facility will be permitted under the permit issued far Salt Creek ;fining Company!s the tiunger Canyon Hine and infor- _ oration pertaining, to the loadout is included in the Munger Canyon permit application. Review, approval and permitting of the facility by Colorado Hine Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD) and OSM will occur during the ...Munger Canyon-permitting process.-_:.:_; ~ ~~ ~~ _=.:Salt Creek Mining=C<gmpany~has `also :submitted as application for a`loadout • facility near Hack, Colorado. This facility will be used when the mines _',__ _ reach-full production. The Mack Loadout,proposal is currently under re- .. ... _ -view by CMLi1D::.-__ =_--- T-_.. __-: __ _. ,:. - -. r .. .. f~.,~ - No topsoil was stripped or stockpiled prior to the development of the surface facilities.,;Tbe development occurred before the Colorado Surface :~ y-- ~- .•: ~--.. Coal Mining Reclamtion Act and its requirements to salvage topsoil. Con- - struction of the sediment pond will require stripping of topsoil. Top- soil will be salvaged from future disturbances to assist in reclamation. ~'A''-="'` `-= -- af. the ~existing_;disturbance aftet..mining.~~~ -= ~ -- - ~ - •-~ _--.. Sihen mining ceases for this operation, .the .portals will 'be appropriately • =:.sealed.and backfilled: .The bench area will be graded to the approximate original contour and appropriate drainage will be reestablished. The ~~.,,distuzbed:surface will then be topsoiled, seeded and mulched to establish a vegetation cover of a variety consistent with the natural vegetation in the vicinity. ~f 0~ S . sT~W~R The permit application and stipulation will become a permit a r al. ~+rior to the transport of any roof fall or other waste material pro- duced at the McClave Canyon :fine to the proposed tlunoer Canyon dis- posal site, the OS~f and C;1LRD must approve the proposed :funger Can- ~~ `'` yon site for use as a waste disposal site.