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The material excavated from the site and placed in the Equipment Storage area will be returned to the site. It is <br />anticipated the material will be dozed back to the site and sloped to conform with the approved postmining <br />topography. The plant-growth material will be returned to the site and seeded. The fan and power-poles will be <br />removed from the property and placed in the appropriate landfill. <br />Preparation Plant Powerline <br />When the preparation plant powerline is no longer needed, it will be dismantled and removed from the site. <br />Preparation Plant Waterline <br />When the preparation plant waterline is no longer needed, the surface portion of the waterline, pumphouse and <br />powerline will be dismantled and removed from the site. <br />Preparation Plant Buildin¢, Thickener Tank, and Refuse Bin <br />When the structures are no longer required, they will be dismantled and either removed from the site or crushed and <br />buried in the portal area. It is anticipated that the later option will be exercised unless the building material can be <br />salvaged and recycled. The piers associated with the structures will be excavated to three feet below final grade, <br />removed and placed in the pit, and covered during backfilling of the pit. The bond reclamation calculations address <br />the worst-case, ie: demolishing the building and removing it from the site. <br />Batch-Weiah/Loadout Svstem <br />Reclamation of the batch-weigh system coal stockpile azea, conveyor areas, and batch-weigh/loadout building site will <br />be accomplished according to the existing Reclamation Time-Table (Table 52) in Permit C-82-056. All stmctures will <br />be removed from the site, with the exception of the reclaim tunnel. Concrete foundation materials will either be <br />disposed of in the reclaim tunnel, or will be transported to the portal highwall cut, and buried. That portion of the <br />• reclaim tunnel which is above-grade, will be broken up. That portion of the reclaim tunnel which is below-grade will <br />have the roof broken up to a depth of approximately three feet, the tunnel will be filled with the broken up tunnel <br />materials and overburden materials, and the tunnel will then be abandoned in place. <br />Reclamation of the batch-weigh system coal stockpile site will involve reconfiguring the site in order to reestablish <br />premining contours. During construction of the batch-weigh loadout system facilities, fill material may be removed <br />from the site for use in the realignment of CR 27. In order to reestablish premining contours, TCC will replace an <br />equivalent volume of material at the batch-weigh loadout system site during final reclamation. The replacement <br />material will consist of spoil obtained during regrading operations in the area south of the existing portals and <br />associated facilities at the Foidel Creek Mine. The volume of replacement material potentially required (maximum <br />12,000 cubic yards) will have no discernible impact on the final regraded configuration proposed for the source area <br />described. After respreading the cover materials, topsoil will be respread. Calculations indicate that 2,500 cubic yards <br />of topsoil salvaged from the site will be respread. The respread topsoil will be prepared for seeding and will be seeded <br />according to the approved reclamation plan for similar adjacent areas. Postmining topography for the area will <br />approximate that shown on Map 31, Postmining Topography. <br />7-North Escape Shaft <br />When the facility is no longer required, the hole will be plugged, the site graded, topsoiled, and revegetated. A number <br />of steps will be required to abandon the shaft, including removal of surface stmctures, demolition of concrete <br />foundation and piers, and sealing of shaft. After the surface structure is removed, the broken-up foundation and piers <br />will be put down the shaft. Upon completion of this work, decking will be suspended in the shaft 10 feet below-grade. <br />The support beams and decking will be suspended from the steel casing by steel straps (i.e. I-beams or similar support <br />structures) welded to the support beams. The steel straps will be welded to the existing 48-inch diameter casing. Once <br />. this is completed a 24-inch thick reinforced concrete slab will be poured in-place over the previously placed decking. <br />The void from on top of the concrete slab to within five feet of the surface will be backfilled with fill material <br />(approximately 1.4 CY) from the surrounding azea. <br />TR06-52 2.05-105 05/23/06 <br />