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-10- over a thirty-year period. The mining operations for this first five-year permit term will consist of the development of access ways through lease blocks C-0125515 and C-0125516 in both the Cameo and Upper Carbonera seams. The Upper Carbonera seam will be accessed by ramps driven up from the Cameo workings. 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. The mine conveyors will then empty into a surge bin to equalize outflow. Overland conveyors will transport coal from the surge bin on the portal bench to the central facilities area located at the mouth of Munger Canyon. Coal is then processed, stockpiled, and loaded onto rail cars for direct shipment to market or onto haul trucks for shipment to the existing Loma rail loadout. Use of the Loma Loadout will terminate upon completion of the railroad spur to the central facilities area. Refuse generated by the wash plant will be transported to the coal processing waste disposal area by haul trucks. The existing rail loadout is located near Loma, Colorado along a railroad siding. This facility also handles coal from the McClave Canyon Mine. The total capacity of the stockpiles will be 4,000 tons. No topsoil was stripped prior to the development which has already occurred at the mine. Construction of the central facilities area, coal processing waste disposal area and interconnecting haul road and conveyor system will require stripping of topsoil. Topsail will be salvaged from future disturbances to assist in reclamation of the existing disturbance after mining. When mining ceases for this operation, the portals will be sealed and backfilled. The bench area and central facilities area will be graded and drainage will be reestablished. The disturbance will be topsoiled, seeded and mulched to establish a vegetation cover of a variety consistent with surrounding naturally occurring vegetation. No topsoil was salvaged from the loadout site. This area is leased to Salt Creek Mining Company by the D&RGW 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 backfilled in the mine portal area. An irrigation return flow ditch, which presently crosses the loadout facility, has been channeled through a culvert to prevent contamination. A berm has been constructed around the loadout site to contain all surface runoff on site.