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- 2 - planned future surface disturbance is the construction of a sediment pon3 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 niaing. 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 Hin- ing 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 issued for Salt Creek Hining Company's the ;iunger Canyon Mine and infor- mation pertaining to the loadout is included in the Hunger Canyon permit application. Review, approval and permitting of the facility by Colorado Mine Land Reclamation Division (CKLRD) and OSH will occur during the Munger Canyon permitting process. Salt Creek Mining Company has also submitted an application for a loadout 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 ~•a~ surface facilities. The development occurred before the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamtion Rct and its requirements to salvage topsoil. Con- struction of the sediment pond will require stripping of topsoil. Top- soil will be salvaged from future disturbances to assist in reclamation of the eaisting disturbance after mining. When mining ceases for this operation, the portals will be appropriately sealed and backfilled. The bench area will be graded to the approaiiate original contour and appropriate drainage will be reestablished. The disturbed 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 The permit application and stipulation will become a binding part of the permit approval. The stipulations for the t4cClane Canyon Coal Mine are as follows: 1. Prior to the transport of any roof fall or other waste material pro- duced at the HcClane Canyon dine to the proposed Hunger Canyon dis- posal site, the OSM and CMLRD must approve the proposed Munger Can- yon site for use as a waste disposal site. ~~