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-34- :CVIII. Coal Processing Waste and Non-Coal Processing GJa ste - Rut PS 2.05.3(8), 2.05.4(2)(f), 4.10, and 4.Z1 Since this is a surface mining operation, all overburden and interburden material is backfilled in the excavated pit. There are no plans for the development of an excess spoil waste pile. Reference is made in the permit application to the possibility of constructing a rnal processing plant at some time in the future. No specific d=tails were given concerning the construction and operation of this plant. Therefore, Chimney Rock Coal has stated that a revision to the permit would be requested and all necessary approval granted before construction of such a facility. She proposed operation is in compliance. XIX. Mine Facilities, Coal Handling Structures, Su sport Facilities - Rules 2.05.3(3), 2.05.3(7), and 4.04 The mine facilities consist of an office, shop, parts trailer, scales, coal preparation laboratory, fuel tanks, truck turnaround, explosives storage and portable coal crusher. These facilities are discussed in detail in Section 2.05.3, and shown on Map 12. A coal preparation facility is :~ t currently in use at the mine, but future contractual demands may warrant the installation of such a facility. When constructed, the coal preparation facility will probably include a raw coal stockpile area, a truck dump hopper, a primary crusher, an enclosed coal preparation building, a refuse hopper, crushed coal stockpile, a truck Ioadout facility, covered conveyors, and a thickening tank or clarification pond. Additional details of the facility are described in Section 2.OS,and are shown on the Coal Preparation and Na:,dling Facilities Map, Map 14. As discussed ir. Section XVII, Coal Processing tdaste, a detailed plan must be submitted and approved as a permit revision before this facility can be constructed. The proposed operation is in compliance with this section. XX. Roads - Rules 2.05 and 4.03 Information concerning roads, their construction, location, maintenance, and reclamation can be found in Sections 2.05 and 2.06 ~f the permit application. There is one main haul road located on the western edge of the active pit area. As operations expand this mad will be extended in a northerly direction along the base of a reclaimed, spoil slope. The road will th en swing west, cross Stollsteimer Creek and allow access to the Barren Ridge, [des tern Mining area. The stream crossing will be established by placing culverts capable of passing a 20-year, 24-hour precipitation event and the corresponding flow irr StoIlsteimer Creek. Once the culverts are in place the area will be backfilled, brought up to toad grade and tied in with the new roac? base.