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<br />Underground Development Waste and Coal Processing <br />7, Coal Processing <br /> <br />In light of the Division's understanding that Bear Coal does not process <br />coal on site, please clarify or rewrite the following statements: <br />a. Page 4.05-2: "No special treatment of coal processing waste will <br />be necessary so none will be produced;..." <br />b. Page 2.06-4: "All coal will be processed within the present permit <br />area;..." <br />8. Gob Generation and Storage <br />Section 2.05, page 2.05-7R, discusses the storage of gob underground. In <br />light of MSHA regulations limiting underground waste storage, a narrative <br />on gob storage and disposal in compliance with Rule 2,05,3(8) should be <br />submitted. In a related issue, Section 4,09, page 4.09-1R indicates that <br />there is no excess spoil or gob, This section needs to be revised to <br />reflect current operating conditions. Include an estimate of the <br />expected annual production of underground development waste and the <br />volumes projected to be stored above and below ground (Rule 4.09,1(15)). <br />Section 4.09 should also be expanded to include new information regarding <br />the existence of the temporary waste pile, the object of minor revisions <br />1, 2, 3, 5, fi, and 7, and the export of waste material to the Somerset <br />Mine (MR-08), <br />9. Location of Gob Stored Underground <br />Page 2.05-25R indicates that underground development waste is stored only <br />in a portion of the Edwards Mine workings shown on Map 9, Please revise <br />the narrative and map to identify the locations of all gob storage <br />locations, per Rule 2.05.3(91. <br />Geology <br />10. Li thol ogy <br />Stratigraphy information through the bottom of the laser coal member <br />appears to be derived from three holes in the Section 17 area: SOM-12, <br />DH-1 and DH-2. SOM-12 data is found as a lithologic log in Attachment 4 <br />of Exhibit 14. It indicates that many of the coal seams are not present <br />towards the west or are burned out. Exhibit 8 only has resistivity and <br />gamma logs for DH-1 and DH-2. <br />-4- <br />