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The current surface coal handling facilities of NILC's King mine located hi Hay Gulch would be <br />i abandoned and reclaimed upon production from the East Alkali Tract becoming the sole source of <br />coal for the market. Before the end of the life of the King Coal mine, new surface facilities would <br />be constructed to serve the mine accessing the East Alkali Tract. These now surface facilities would <br />be constructed on a lease issued by the State of Colorado which lies immediately to the south of the <br />proposed lease area. Standard surfacebuildingsgenerallyincludeabathhouse,officebuilding,shop, <br />truck scale and scale house, warehouse and a pazking garage for mobile equipment. Coal handling <br />facilities usually include such components as a coal surge pile and associated stacker conveyor belt, <br />a coal crusher and screen, several conveyor belts, storage areas for various coal products and mining <br />supplies, and some type of truck loadout (either automated or front-end loaderj. The portal area <br />consists of a "highwaIi"cut at the Ievel of the coal seam outcrop to allow construction of steel beam <br />tunnel supports for three to five portals. Typically, one of these portals will be the location of the <br />main ventilation fan, one will be the main conveyor belt access, and one or more will be for intake <br />ventilation and utility vehicle access. Often a refuse pile is needed for the storage of reject rock <br />which is sepazated from the coal. 'The size of this pIle may vary. greatly depending on mining <br />conditions. A settling pond is required as a means of collecting rainwater which drains from the <br />disturbed surface areas. A system ofditches and culverts assures that uncontaminated "fresh" water <br />is isolated from disturbed area runoff. <br />~• <br />Tt is anticipated that the above structures, storage areas and water dir-ersion structures will occupy <br />approximately five to ten acres, depending mainly on the existing topography of the area and its <br />relationship to possible portal sites. A reclamation bond is required to be posted for all azeas to be <br />disturbed. <br />Atl surface facilities will be Ideated on State of Colorado Coal Lea`e-?~C-3388: Section 36, T35N, <br />R12 W,1V.M.P.IvI consisting of approximately 640 acres. It is estimator: thatabout 50,000 to 100,000 <br />tons of State coal will be mined during the development phase of tl:e project to estzbllsh long term <br />access to the Federal coal reserves. The total project area will consistof 1944.51 acres delineated <br />as follows: <br />SURFACE <br />Tribal surface =1224. ~ 1 acres <br />BLM surface = 80 acres <br />State of Colorado surface = 640 acres <br />MINERALS (coall <br />Tribal coal = 0 acres <br />Federal coal = 1304.51 acres <br />State of Colorado coal =640 acres <br />Although the State of Colorado lease is 640 acres, only a very st::all fraction of this lease will <br />actually be part of the project. Much of this.lease covers an area co~isisting of hay Iields v~hich aze <br />below the coal seam outcmp, an area of very thin coal on the south si.=e of$ay Gulch, and an area <br />P2Sr ofryP s„rfaoP far_.;t;ties site with little or no vractical access te.t?ie federal coal reserves. <br />The applicantproposestoen:ertheproposedleaseareausingtheroom-and-pillazmethodofmining. <br />The mining plan consists of development ofmain and submain entries ^ffofwhich panels are driven <br />