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' BEAR COAL COMPANY <br />' STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />1. Description of Minin4 Activities <br />' This is an active underground mining operation. Surface <br />facilities support the mining operation. Coal is delivered to <br />the surface by a conveyor belt from the underground mine. A <br />' fixed stacking tube supports the conveyor. A front end loader <br />is used to work the coal stockpile. An automatic reclaim <br />system and conveyor belt delivers the coal to a 90 ton truck <br />' loadout bin. Highway trucks haul all of the coal from the <br />site. The majority of the trucks are loaded at the truck <br />loadout with the remainder loaded by the front end loader. <br />' Support buildings include an administrate office, shop and <br />warehouse. Mechanical work on the mining equipment is <br />performed at the shop facility. The warehouse contains an <br />inventory of equipment parts and supplies. <br />The fuel storage transfer area is a small bermed area where <br />' fuel and oil are stored. A BENTOMAT "SS" liner is installed <br />under the storage area to prevent seepage of oil into the <br />alluvium. <br />' During 1993 a coal screening plant will be installed in the <br />coal stockpile area. The primary purpose of the screening <br />plant is to reduce the amount of the fines in the coal that is <br />' hauled to the Terror Creek Loadout. Raw coal will be screened <br />to split the coal at about 1/4". The minus 1/4" coal will be <br />returned to the raw coal pile. The plus 1/4" coal will be <br />placed in a sized coal pile on the west end of the existing <br />raw coal pile and subsequently hauled to the Terror Creek <br />Loadout. <br />' The mine is located immediately southeast of the town of <br />Somerset, Colorado. State highway 133 is the transportation <br />route to the mine. <br />The mine permit area encompasses 1684 acres. Of this a total <br />of 27 acres have been disturbed. <br />' 2. Area Subiect to Effluent Limitations Guidelines <br />The area subject to effluent limitations guidelines is nearly <br />' the entire disturbed area. The facilities, structures and <br />activities that occur within the disturbed area include: <br />o office, shop and warehouse <br />o stockpiling of coal <br />o topsoil pile <br />o haul and access roads <br />' o fuel storage/transfer area <br />1 <br />