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-24- <br />XV. Operation Description - Rules 2.05.2. 2.05.3(11, 2.05.3121. and 4.01 <br />The operation plan for the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine has been modified in certain <br />ways from the original three-year permit, and is described in Sections 4.1, <br />4.2 and 4.3 of the application. The maximum proposed production during the <br />initial five-year permit term is 1,000,000 tons/year. Completion of the rock <br />tunnels, installation of surface facilities, and mobilization of equipment is <br />expected by the first quarter of 1991, with full production possibly reached <br />by 1993. The initial permit area consists of 2534 acres of private land, of <br />which approximately 35 acres have been disturbed for surface facilities. No <br />additional surface disturbance is being proposed as part of this revision. <br />The applicant proposes to hydraulically mine the Wheeler <br />Fork Formation. Two roadheaders will be used to develop <br />to keep development ahead of the hydraulic monitors. Rai <br />slurried in flumes and pipelines to the coal preparation <br />mine waste disposal will be located on the surface, with <br />15,000 cubic yards. <br />Seam of the Williams <br />in-seam roadways, and <br />d coal will be <br />facility. A coal <br />a maximum capacity of <br />The proposed operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />XVI. Explosives - Rules 2.05.3(61(a) and 4.08 <br />The applicant states that further surface blasting is to take place at the <br />site. <br />The application is in compliance with the requirements of this section, <br />XVII. Backfillina and 6radina - Rules 2.05.3(61(bl, 2.05.4(2)(al. <br />Disturbed areas at the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine will be regraded to approximate <br />original contour upon completion of mining. The portal pad areas will also be <br />backfilled to AOC. The Division's calculations indicate that approximately <br />90,000 cubic yards of fill material are to be moved during reclamation. The <br />portal pads will be reclaimed as permanent structures, and the highwalls <br />associated with them will be backfilled. These two pads and the surface waste <br />disposal facility will be covered with at least 4 feet of non-toxic, <br />non-combustible cover, although the applicant has stated the jntention to <br />carry out field trials to attempt to demonstrate that 4 feet is not needed. <br />The proposed post-mining configuration is approved by the Division as meeting <br />requirements for approximate original contour. <br />The proposed operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />