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elzvated a major coal seam within the basin. Foidzl Creek dine is currently [hz onh• active underground operation <br />within Tw'enn_ mile Park. The mine is a lonewall operation. usins zontinuous miners For entry and development <br />«ork cniy. T ite ^zrmit area exumpasses appro::imatziv 13.69= ^crzs. T':;is ctr-tit re•. ision (i-R-O~) does no[ <br />r.:~~posz w zma: ez titz pe::;tit uouneary. . „ ... ;urfa_. _ _. _. __.._cs are proposza. <br />USGS Quadram_ Iz maps of Milner and Rattlesnake Bune cover the majority of the permit area. Disturbed areas of <br />the mine include the main surface facilities area along Foidel Creek and numerous smaller outlyin, facilities. These <br />mine-related facilities result in 460 total disturbed acres. The main mine facilities lie in Sections 29, 31, 32, Tai 1, <br />R36 W of the 6th Principal Meridian and are located in, and adjacent to, a strip pit excavated originally by Colorado <br />Yampa Coal Company's (CYCC) surface mining operation (No. C-81-071). Other facilities currently within the <br />permit area, but separate from the main portal facility area, include the Fish Creek Borehole (FCB) facility, the <br />Southwest ventilation facility (SW vent), the Eastern lvtining District ventilation facility (E[v(D vent), the Eastern <br />lvfining District devvatering facility (EMD borehole), the Sandstones substation and North Escape Shaft, [he Fish <br />Creek Tipple (FCT) facility and the Eastern Mining District grout hole pad. <br />The Fish Creek Borehole (FCB) is located on Fish Creek approximately 2 miles northwest of the main facility area <br />in Section 2~, TSN R87W. It consists of 2 devvatzring boreholes, an inactive ventilation shaft, 3 treatment ponds, <br />associated roads, a substation, a utility building, and water treatment equipment. The SW vent was reclaimed in <br />1996 and is located in Section 36, TSN R87W. The EMD vent facility is located in Section 14, TSN R86W and <br />consists of hvo ventilation shafts (intake air and return air), intake air heating unit, associated buildings, powerlines, <br />and fuel tank. The EIvID borehole disturbed area is located in Section 21, TSN R86W and consists of a small pump <br />building, a buried water return line and topsoil stockpiles. The Sandstones substation in Section 20, TSN R86W no <br />longer serves as a power drop to the mine. The nearby North Escape Shaft has no facilities but exists as a <br />completed 3 foot diameter shaft to be used only as an underground emergency extraction point for miners. <br />The Fish Creek Tipple (FCT) facility is located approximately 5 miles northeast of the main portal area in <br />Section 2, TSN R86W, about 7 miles downstream on Fish Creek from [he FCB facility. It was originally permitted <br />separately under permit No. C-81-036 but since has been incorporated into the Foidel Creek permit No. C-82-056. <br />It consists of a rail loadout, crushing and screening equipment, conveyors, stockpile areas, and a sediment control <br />system of ditches and one pond. The FCT facility has been idle since Energy Mine No. 3 (No. C-84-062) completed <br />mining in 1986, and is currently inactive as of the writing of this document in May 2000. <br />C:\JHB\C82056\PROS\PR05 FINDINGS 62800.doc <br />