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- ~ - planned future surface disturbance`ls the construction of a sediment pond `• and topsoil stockpile which will occur after permit approval. Coal is mined underground in a down dip direction using continuous miners with a room and pillar method of mining. The workings have already pro- gressed to a point about 1400 feet from the portal entries. The opera- tion will produce approximately 123,000 tons of coal per year with pos- sible increases to 246,000 tons in the second year. The total anticipa- ted production for the permit term is around 369,500 tons over a two or three year period. -Mining during this term will aid the Salt Creek Nin- Sng Company in determining the feasibility of further mining of coal be- yond the permit term. - - The loadout is located along a railroad siding in Loma, Colorado, some 20 miles due south. The loadout facility will be permitted under the permit Ss sued for Salt Creek Mining Company :s the tiunger Canyon Mine and infor- mation pertaining to the loadout is included in the tiunger Canyon permit application. .Review, approval and permitting of the facility by Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD) and OSti will occur during the Munger Canyon .permitting process. _::_.._.. ' _ a ,loadout . Salt Creek Mining-Company~has also submitted an application for facility near Mack,. Colorado. This facility will be used when the mines reach full production. The_Mack Loadout.proposal is currently under re- (~ view by CMLRD.:.. _ -. _ .... No topsoil was stripped or stockpiled prior to the development of the surface facilities. ;The development occurred before the Colorado Surface w: ~ > - ~.: - -~- Coal Mining Reclamtion Ac[ and its requirements to salvage topsail. Con- structlon of the sediment pond will require stripping of topsoil. Top- soil will be salvaged from future disturbances to assist in reclamation __, .... of the existing__distuXbance after mining. -: ~ ~- -•:•- _.- . When mining ceases for.this operation, the .portals will be appropriately - -•:;eealed and backfilled. The bench area will be graded to the approximate - original contour and appropriate drainage will be reestablished. The ;.+_distu;bed .surface will then be topsoiled, seeded and mulched to establish ' a vegetation cover of a variety consistent with the natural vegetation in the vicinity. B. OSM's amendment to the company's proposed action to bring the mine plan into compliance with SMCRA and NEPA. The permit application and stipulation will become a binding part of the permit approval. The stipulations for the 19cClane Canyon Coal `tine are as follows: 1. Prior to the transport of any roof fall or other waste material pro- duced at the McClave Canyon ;tine to the proposed tlun„er Canyon dis- posal site, the OStt and C`iLRD must approve the proposed `(unger Can- • Yon site for use as a waste disposal site.