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The current surface coal handling facilities of NBC's King mine located in Hav Gulch would be <br />abandoned and reclaimed upon production from the East Alkali Tract becoming the sole source of <br />coal for the market. $efore the end ofthe life of the King Coal mine, new surface facilities would <br />be constructed to serve the mine accessing the East Alkali Tract. These new surface facilities would <br />be constructed on a lease issued by the State of Colorado which lies imruediately to the south of the <br />proposed lease area. Standard surfacebuildingsgenerallyincludeabathhouse,officebuilding,shop, <br />truck scale and scale house, warehouse and a parking garage for mobile equipment. Coal handling <br />facilities usually include such components as a coal surge pile and associated stacker conveyor belt, <br />a coal crusher and screen, several conveyor belts, storage azeas for various coalproducts and mining <br />supplies, and some type of truck loadout (either automated or front-end loader). The portal area <br />consists of a "highwall" cut at the level of the coal seam outcrop to allow construction of steel beam <br />tunnel supports for three to five portals. Typically, one of these portals will be the location of the <br />main ventilation fan, one will be the main conveyor belt access, and one or more will be for intake <br />ventilation and utility vehicle access. Often a refuse pile is needed for the storage of reject rock <br />which is sepazated from the coal. The size of ties pile may vary. greatly depending on mining <br />conditions. A settling pond is required as a means of collecting rainwater which drains from the <br />disturbed surface areas. A system ofditches and culverts assures that uncontaminated "fresh" water <br />is isolated from disturbed area runoff. <br />,, <br />h is anticipated that the above structures, storage azeas and water diversion structures will occupy <br />approximately five to ten acres, depending mainly on the existing topography of the area and its <br />relationship to possible portal sites. A reclamation bond is required to be posted for all areas to be <br />disturbed. <br />All surface facilities will be located on State of Colorado Coal Lea~r±#C-3388: Section 36, T35N, <br />R12 W, I~t.M.P.M consisting of approximately 640 acres. It is estimatcc thatabout 50,000 to 100,000 <br />tons of State coal will be mined during the development phase of the project to establish Iong tetra <br />access to the Federal coal reserves. The total project area will consist of 1944.51 acres delineated <br />as follows: <br />SURFACE <br />Tribal surface = 1224. ~ 1 acres <br />BLM surface = 80 acres <br />State of Colorado surface = 640 acres <br />MINERALS (coall <br />Tribal coal = 0 acres <br />Federal coal = 1304.51 acres <br />State of Colorado coal = 640 acres <br />Althoueh the State of Colorado lease is 640 acres, only a very st:.all fraction of this Lease wilt <br />actually be part of the project. Much of this ]ease covers an area consisting of hay fields which are <br />below the coal seam outcrop, as azea of very thin coal on the south sbae of Hay Gulch, and an area <br />east Cf fhe e~a~P. £aC1h1i~S Stte WIth hale Or n0 nraCtlCal aCCeSS tC.t7e federal coal reserves. <br />The app]icantproposestoen:ertheproposedleaseareausingtheroom-and-pillazmethodofmining. <br />The mining plan consists of development ofmain and submain entries ^ff ofwhieh panels are driven <br />5 <br />