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- 2.05.3 page 4 <br />• SURFACE OPERATIONS -COAL FINES <br />Conveyor belt transported coal arrives at the surface for crushing, screening, storage, and <br />truck loading. The processing of coal is part of the operation of the surface areas of the King <br />Coal Mine. Four products are prepared for customer use. They are lump coal (6 inches plus), <br />stoker coal (1 x 1/4 inch), nut coal (3 x 1 inch), and mine run coal (2 inch minus). <br />In the processing of these coals, fines are created (1/4 inch minus), by crushing and <br />screening. These fines are mixed with mine run coal and sold. Coal fines are not stored on the <br />surface in large amounts before being mixed with the mine run and sold. Of the processed <br />product, about 10% to 15% of the coal is fines. <br />Mine run, stoker, and lump coal is stored in stockpile areas shown on Map C-4. Mine run <br />storage may amount to 10,000 tons. Storage hoppers or bins on the surface whose individual <br />capacities do not exceed 50 tons, will not permit enclosed stockpiling of all the coal produced. <br />Open stockpiling is necessary, but large stockpiles are undesirable because of the potential of <br />spontaneous combustion of the coal. Care is taken to keep the coal from being scattered. This is <br />not only advantageous from the standpoint of controlling erosion of the pile but also <br />contamination with spoil materials. <br />FUTURE CONSTRUCTION <br />No additional cut and fill work will be required for the King Coal Mine operation -even <br />for increased coal production and mining new coal reserves (See Map C-3). <br />SURFACE DRAINAGE AND RECLAMATION <br />Reclamation of the permit area is covered in Section 2.05.4. The entire disturbed area is <br />• required for current coal operations -all space is utilized. Plans for abandorunent of the mine <br />are discussed in Section 2.05.4. <br />Surface drainage patterns through the permit area and the up-slope areas are shown on <br />and Appendix 8. <br />Approximately .36 acres of the disturbed area lies below the sediment <br />from this area tends to collect and drain along the access road bypassing the s <br />Alternate sediment control measures are being used in this area. These mean <br />use of rock check dams, rock filters and gravel surface. This area is too small <br />a SEDCAD demonstration. Therefor, National King Coal, LLC commits to s <br />discharge from this area for Total Settable Solids. This runoff flows into the <br />meadow. Small Area Exemption #1 has been approved by the division <br />L J <br />ls. Runoff <br />lent ponds. <br />consist of the <br />too flat to run <br />ling any <br />1999 <br />Have Gulch <br />