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.. Mountain Coal Company West Elk Mine Post Ollice Box 59t Somerset. Coioraao Bt a3a relepftone 303 929-50 t 5 June 15, 1992 bfs. Chrisane Johnston Reclamation Specialist Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 iii~iiiiiiiiiiuii~ 999 __ ,~ ~K,~ ~ ~ r• r "',/1~~ , Y Li ~N .i u ;g9~ ,.,_^C ..,~ Re: West Elk Mine's Coal Storage & Handling System Dear Christine: ` The designs for Mountain Coal Company's (MCC) new coal storage and handling facility orio natty included the four coal stacking tubes, an underground conveyor reclaim system utilizing bulldozers to push coal to reclaim hoppers, and dual roller crushers. The existing stacking belt and rotary breaker were to be removed. Since then, the coal handling system has been reevaluated. Only three stacking tubes were built and a screening circuit including the rotary breaker will be added to process oversized materials that pass through the crushers. A high-angle conveyor will transport coal from the crushers to the screen. Coal that passes through the screen will go to the silos. Oversized materials will be fed through the rotary breaker. Oversized materials from the rotary breaker will fall into the reject bin for collection and disposal in the Lower Refuse Pile. Product-sized coal from the rorary breaker will be uansported by conveyor belt to the silos. The screen and high-angle conveyors are a new part of the coal handling system. The rotary breaker circuit is existing and was kept in the reclamation bond. Because site specific conditions could cause changes in the designs (as they already have), I suggest that the final coal handling system description in the permit text be deterred until the "as-builts" are completed per stipulation No. a3. .,.:..