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r~ <br />U <br />• <br />2. Alternate Method: Coal will be drilled and shot using the <br />smallest practical explosive charge and loaded into highway <br />trucks faith a loader or backhoe. <br />Haulage roads for the coal trucks ~aill be watered and maintained to <br />minimize dust and maintain production speeds. <br />An anticipated equipment fleet to be used in The Rockcastle <br />Company's mining plan is as follows: <br />3 Dozers 4-7 Rubber-tired Scrapers 1 Overburden Drill <br />1 Motor Patrol 1 lJater 'flagon 4 End Dump Trucks* <br />1 Hydraulic 8ackhoe 1-2 Rubber-tired Loaders* 1 Blast Hole Drill <br />1 Angering Machine <br />As stated in Section 2.05.3, production will vary with coal market <br />conditions. Total production of coal for the life of the operation <br />will be 1.8 million tons. An average annual rate of production is <br />projected to be 200,000 tons. <br />2.05.3(2) Operation Description <br />A narrative describing the strip operation for Pit Q is presented <br />in 2.0.3(1) above. The mining sequence has been discussed in 2.05.3 <br />above. The mining Plan f4ap, prepared in accordance with Section 2.10, <br />shows the areas of disturbance. Total disturbances (covered by this <br />permit application) will be 336.9 acres as shown in Table 1. <br />2.05.3(3) dine Facilities <br />Excluding haul roads, there are four areas that can be described <br />as mine facilities: the office trailer, the fuel storage area, the <br />explosives storage area, and the shop area. <br />The general location of the fuel storage area is shown on the Mining <br />Plan Map. This area has a berm surrounding it for spill prevention, <br />cleanup and control, and for sediment control for the small area it <br />occupies. The proposed earthwork around the fuel storage tank is shown <br />on Figure 1. The bermed area has a volume 2.4 times greater than the <br />anticipated volume of the fuel storage tank (20,000 gallons). The <br />safety berm will be constructed of compacted, fine grained materials, <br />which will prevent spilled fuel from entering the hydrologic system. <br />The Shop area and Explosives Storage area are shown on the Mining Plan <br />Map. The office trailer is shown on the aerial photographs. The fuel <br />storage tank, the office trailer, the shop and the explosives storage <br />magazine will be removed and the areas ripped, regraded and planted at <br />the end of the mine life. <br />* Alternate equipment. Usage dependent upon job site conditions. <br />• 12/87 III-4 d5 <br />