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XVIII. Coal Processing 'Taste and Non-Coal Processing Waste -Rules 2.05.3(8 <br />No coal processing waste as defined by the regulations is produced at the King <br />Coal Mine. However, roof fall material is generated by the operation and <br />temporarily stored on the surface for subsequent backstowing within worked out <br />mine sections. Information pertaining to the disposal of roof-fall material <br />is presented in Section 2.05.3, pages 2 and 3 of the permit application. <br />The roof fall material is composed primarily of sandstone and shales which <br />occur within an approximate 20-foot thick layer of strata situated between the <br />top of the coal seam and the base of the Cliff House Sandstone. Upon <br />undermining, roof falls involving this immediate problematic roof section are <br />encountered. Even though an approved roof control bolting program is <br />conducted by the permittee, some roof fall waste is generated systematically. <br />During past operations 10 to 26 tons of this waste material has been <br />temporarily stockpiled on the surface (6 month maximum) and periodically <br />backstowed within worked out sections of the mine. All drainage from the <br />temporary surface storage area is contained in the sediment ponds. Such <br />backstowing is encouraged by the Division as the practice serves to provide <br />partial support of subsiding roof sections, thereby lessening the magnitude of <br />encountered ground surface subsidence. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />XIX. Mine Facilities. Coal Handling Structures and Support Facilities: Roads <br />ons - Kuies <br />A. Mine Facilities, Coal Handling Structures and Support Facilities <br />Information pertaining to surface facilities of the King Coal Mine is <br />presented in Section 2.05.3 of the permit application. Map C-4 depicts the <br />location and configuration of each structure or facility currently existing at <br />the mine. Facilities presently consist of the office building, change house, <br />shop, scale house, security trailer, guard shack, tipple area and crusher, <br />stacker and conveyors, coal storage bins, coal stockpiles, electrical <br />substation, mine exhaust fan, 10,000 gallon water storage tank, sediment <br />ponds, combination access/haul road, and diversion ditches. A water well and <br />temporary roof fall material storage area also exist on the site. The mining <br />operation has no remote or off-site facilities and no additional facilities <br />are proposed to be constructed during the second five-year permit term. <br />Roads <br />Information regarding the only existing combination access/haul road at the <br />King Coal T4ine is provided in Section 2.05.4 of the revised permit <br />application. Map C-4 depicts the location and configuration of the road. <br />-21- <br />