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-9- Coal is mined at the exposed face by a continuous miner. The mined coal is then shuttled to a conveyor within the mine which transports the coal to the bench at the portal entries. On the bench, coal is crushed, stockpiled, and loaded onto highway trucks and transported to the Loma loadout, The Zoadout is located near Loma, Colorado along a railroad siding. This facility will also handle coal from the McClane Canyon Mine. The total capacity of the stockpiles will be 4,000 tons (maximum allowed by the Mesa County Special Use Permit is 2,000 tons). Coal will be loaded into railroad cars by front-end loaders. No topsoil was stripped prior to the development which has already occurred at the mine. Construction of the sediment pond will require stripping of topsoil. Topsoil will be salvaged from future disturbances to assist in reclamation of the existing disturbance after mining. when mining ceases for this operation, the portals wi1Z be sealed and backfilled. The bench area will be graded and drainage wiZ1 be reestablished. The distur- bance will be topsoiled, seeded and mulched to establish a vegetation cover of a variety consistent with surrounding naturally occurring vegetation. No topsoil was salvaged at the Loma Zoadout site. This area is leased to Salt Creek Mining Company by the DGRGW Railroad. This facility previously served as a sugar beet loadout area and is zoned industrial. The Land use upon the cessation of its use as a coal loadout will be industrial. The site will be cleared of all coal materials and of all structures which the present owner wishes removed. The coal materials removed from the loadout site will be back- filled in the mine portal area. Rn irrigation return flow ditch, which presently crosses the loadout facility, will be channeled through a culvert to prevent contamination. A berm will be constructed around the loadout site to contain all surface runoff on site.