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approximate 8 inch by 0 inch size. Following primary crushing, the <br />coal is discharged onto a conveyor belt which transports the coal <br />to a storage bin. The coal is then gravity discharged into highway <br />trucks and hauled to the secondary crusher facility. <br />The secondary crusher and train load-out facility is known as the <br />Gossard Loadout and is located in Section 22, Township 4 North, <br />Range 93 West. <br />Included in Gossard Loadout facility are a coal stockpile area, a <br />truck dump, a secondary crusher, a covered conveyor, a crushed coal <br />stockpile, and a train load-out. Construction was completed on <br />this facility in 1979. In 1987 a covered reclaim conveyor was <br />added. <br />The coal stockpile is utilized for storage of the coal hauled from <br />the primary crusher facility. Aepending on the amount of coal in <br />the "live" stockpile and/or the operating status of the secondary <br />crusher, coal can be placed in temporary storage or directly <br />discharged into the truck dump. Trucks, the reclaim conveyor, <br />and/or a front-end loader can discharge coal into the truck dump <br />hopper. When coal is stockpiled at a distance to the West of the <br />truck dump, front-end loaders reclaim the coal and feed the reclaim <br />conveyor which transports the coal directly to the truck dump <br />hopper. Feeders at the bottom of the hopper will discharge the <br />coal into a secondary crusher. The secondary crusher will reduce <br />the coal to an approximate 1 1/2 inch by 0 inch size. After <br />secondary crushing, the coal is conveyed on a conveyor belt for <br />discharge through a stacking tube into the crushed coal stockpile. <br />The coal is then fed by gravity directly into unit trains which <br />pass through a corrugated steel tunnel located beneath the crushed <br />coal stockpile. <br />All the conveyors are completed with walkways on both sides of the <br />belt and are enclosed to control emissions. A bag house is <br />installed at the secondary crusher building. Additional fugitive <br />dust control measures for the coal crushing handling, and Loadout <br />facilities are discussed in Section 2.05.6. <br /> <br />2.05-18 <br />Fevisia~ Approved ~ <br />Fc~,~isio~ No. ~ <br />