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<br />-~- <br />No endangered species were observed in the area. <br /> <br />A total of 51 sites, 46 isolated finds and 15 localities have been recorded <br />within and immediately adjacent to the mine permit area as being of cultural <br />and/or historic nature. <br />The site total is comprised of 5 historic/prehistoric and 42 prehistoric <br />sites. The historic sites include mine workings, homesteads, and coyote traps <br />while the prehistoric sector is comprised of several rock art sites, numerous <br />lithic scatters and a number of "campsites". <br />III. Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plan <br />The De serado Mine is an underground operation utilizing both continuous miners <br />and longwall mining equipment to extract, over the life of the mine, 2 seams <br />of coal from the D (upper) and B (lower) coal seams. Mining operations <br />conducted during the present permit term will extract coal from the D seam <br />only. The permittee projects that B seam mining will begin in 1993. At the <br />scheduled production rate of 1.8 million tons of raw coal per year, all <br />proposed mine areas will be mined out around the year 2010. <br />Raw coal is transported out of the mine by a conveyor system leading directly <br />to the D-Portal area wash plant where the coal is crushed, cleaned, and <br />transported approximately 3.1 miles to the rail loadout facility via an <br />overland conveyor system. Clean coal is then transported by rail to the <br />Bonanza Power Plant in Vernal, Utah. A 40,000 ton capacity coal storage <br />facility is located approximately 0.3 miles south of the rail loadout along <br />the overland conveyor route. <br />Coal processing waste generated by the wash plant facility is trucked <br />approximately 3.6 miles to the refuse disposal area located east of the rail <br />loadout in the northern portion of the permit area. The refuse disposal area <br />is comprised of 11 separate subareas to be sequentially developed and <br />reclaimed over the life of the operation. Non-coal solid wastes are disposed <br />of at the Halandras dump situated within the northwest portion of the permit <br />area along County Road 65. <br />Ventilation for the mine workings consists of a fan facility at the D-Portal <br />area and a passive ventilation facility situated at the old Staley-Gordon Mine <br />site near the mouth of Scullion Gulch. Water supplies for the mining <br />operation are obtained from an alluvial well pumping facility located at the <br />confluence of Scullion Gulch and the White River along County Road 65. <br />Electrical power for the mining operation is provided by a 13.8 kv H-frame <br />powerline leading to the D-Portal Area from the alluvial well field. <br />With the exception of the coal processing waste and non-coal waste disposal <br />areas, all surface disturbances associated with the Deserado Mine will be <br />reclaimed at the end of the mine's life, projected at the present time to be <br />around the year 2010. Reclamation of the refuse disposal areas will occur <br />sequentially over the life of the mine. As one refuse subarea nears design <br />capacity, development of the next subarea is initiated and reclamation of the <br />