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2.05.2(2) <br />was projected at 350,000 tons per year for Red Canyon Al !line <br />and 650,000 tons per year for Red Canyon M2 Mine. These figures <br />could easily be doubled with the right market. <br />Surface operations corresponding to the projections of one to <br />two million tons per year would require adequate coal handling <br />facilities, bathhouse-office and parking facilities, shops, <br />warehouses, storage yards, and other associated facilities. <br />Assuming a simple truck loadout, the 126 acres of free surface <br />in the area of the present surface disturbance would be adequate <br />to handle the proposed surface operations. No long term pro- <br />jections have been made on surface facilities. <br />Track loadout facilities will eventually be installed somewhere <br />in the mine vicinity. There are questions, however, about common <br />or separate loadouts for this mining location and Somerset area <br />interests. <br />(2) A general description and map describing the area of land <br />to be affected over the life of the operation. <br />No long term affected surface maps or loadout maps are being <br />submitted, because no long term decisions have been made. Map <br />2.05.2(2)-1 shows possible long term mining projections. Major <br />assumptions made for this map were: the availability of leases, <br />suitability of mining conditions, and suitability of coal quality <br />and market. The average seam heights used in these projections <br />are 4.6' for the "E" seam and 8.5' for the "D" seam. Extraction <br />was projected to be 508 for subsidence control, although <br />subsidence might be acceptable in some areas for a potential <br />extraction of 80-908 of the coal. <br />Section 2.05.3 Operation Plan - Permit Area <br />~. A detailed description of the specific mining operations proposed <br />to be conducted within the permit area. <br />REVISED March 9, 1984 -79- <br />