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Additional information tc more fully define the proposed zcticn uas <br />also developed. This inforr~,ation, hoarever, does not"constitute a formal <br />~~ underground mining periait application as required by 30(CFR): 710.11 cr <br />. 741.11 according to the standares required by 30(CFk): 782, 723, 784. <br />It has been used in preference to a more general plan in order to <br />develop an ir:pact analysis. Its use is intended to illustrate one <br />possible plzn for developinc the federal coal reserves.er, this *_ract and <br />does not imply that C',tiI will be.siven any preference in the event that a <br />lease szle is held. In addition, it does not imply that the mining <br />permit application developed from these preliminary plans ~.rould comply <br />with the regulations of or be approved by the Cf.fice of Surface ;iir•ing <br />(OSt~t) if a ?ease sale were held and C+.I obtained the lease. Any plan <br />~rhich is ultir,rately submitted r.,ust corr.ply ~+ith all applicable federal <br />regulations before it can be approved. Finally, if anoti~er compzm~ were <br />tc~ obtain the lease, the minims permit application sub.°,itted by ti~at <br />company r;ould be the subject of an unsuitability analysis and report and <br />v+ould be revie•.red for coiapliance r~~ith the regulations dzveicped under <br />the authority of the Surface Flining Control and Feclamation Act (S;,CrA) <br />of I977. <br />taxes of In~plementz*_ion <br />If a lease ~+ere issued, mining of the federal coal reserves could <br />be scheduled to cem~:ence ic;r,:ediateiy following aaprcval of an <br />underground mining permit. Approximate?y 700,000 tons per yezr would be <br />produced for 8 years throuch existing portal facilities. The short-terra <br />leasinG prograr as defined by ;ROC vs Huehes r+cuid limit production tc <br />700,000 tors per year. i;o increase in er,~ployment (currertiy 16G <br />persons) is anticipated. <br />Mine Layout <br />The proposed mine layout for the tract is shorrn in fioure 1-2. T~•ro <br />sets of north mains (see glossary) would be driven northeast fro;r their <br />present position at the northern boundary of existing lease C-2079 to <br />the northern boundary of the proposed tract. The barrier between the <br />two sets cf mains r+ould be approximately 200 feet wide. <br />As the north ruins are beins developed tc their northernmost <br />extent, subr~ains o-;ould be driven southeast to develop the coal lying <br />east of the north rr;ains. In total, three submains--A, E, and C--would <br />be driven to develop extraction panels (see glossar}-). °anels would be <br />developed both north and south of the A sub~aain and only north of the B <br />and C submains. Barrier pillars left to protect the north mains from <br />the effects of mining in the panels would be zpproximataly 380 feet <br />wide. Mining •rould occur on retrez*_ (s,ee glossary) using both continous <br />and conventional room-and-pillar c,ininy methods. <br />r1 <br />L J <br />