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2~1 <br />2.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF MINING OPERATION <br />The operation will extract coal from the Cameo Coal Seam in portions of the proposed <br />permit area as shown in Fgure 2.1.1. The operation is conducted from a bench excavated at <br />this coal outcrop. Activities are conducted underground as described in Section 2.1.5 and <br />shown in Figure 2.1.2. The excavated bench area (1.42 acres) is designed for support <br />activities and facilities, see Fgure 2.2.2. The mine plan details the mining proposed for this <br />permit term as well as addressing life of mine projections for the entire permit area. <br />The bench area and access was originally approved through a joint on site inspection by <br />• <br />the USGS, BLM and Company representatives. All facilities and structures are confined to the <br />disturbed and proposed disturbed area. The initial bench excavation and access road <br />construction that were originally approved by the USGS and BLM constitute a major portion of <br />the overall disturbance. Additional area in the vicinity of the canyon mouth was approved for <br />use for ancillary facilities such as sedimentation control structures, see Figure 2.2-2. <br />Additional future disturbance includes construction of a road to connect Munger Canyon and <br />McClane Canyon, see Section 2.2.2 and Fgure 2.2.4. ff additional facilities are necessary, they <br />will be constructed only after modification and approval of this permit. <br />%~ No coal wastes have been generated from the operation to date. If conditions at McClane <br />change and waste is generated, the Munger Canyon permit (C•81.020) allows disposal of both <br />coal and non coal wastes in approved disposal areas. The operator has also obtained approval <br />rom the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to dispose of non coal rock slope <br />material in areas of the mine that are no longer actively producing coal. <br />~-__ <br />M~ <br />Volume 1 <br />7 <br />o- <br />"hs HA ~. <br />ft Pr „a"'/~ I <br />~Y,/,(Q, t ~ , v s, ~~s) <br />429-96 <br />