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Cultural Resources Information on cultural resources can be found in Volume 1, Tab 5 of the permit application. A finding of no impact can be found in Section A, Item 5 of this document. A DESCRIPTION OF THE OPERATIONS AND RECLAMATION PLANS Operations Plan Detailed information on the HG Loadout Operation Plan is found in Tab 12 of the permit application. Reclamation activities associated with the loadout and rail loop are described in Tabs 16 - 20 and 23; and in Section B of this document. Construction of the loadout and rail loop began in 1978 and coal was shipped through from facilities until spring of 1987. Coal was again stored at the loadout beginning late in 1992. Peabody anticipates that coal shipments will begin in the summer of 1993 and continue indefinitely. HGTI is permitted to store up to 50, 000 tons of coal at the loadout and to ship 1,000,000 tons of coal per year according to the terms of the loadout's air emissions permit. Recovered coal is trucked to the site and either stored in an emergency coal storage area or put immediately through a grizzly and crushing station to be stored in the main coal stockpile awaiting shipment. Shipment to the customer is either by train or truck from the same tipple. Existing haul roads within the permit area consist of 2,400 linear feet of Seneca II-W's Tie- Across Haul Road leading to the entrance gate for the truck loop. Another small section of haul road is proposed to be built to the tipple in order to accommodate truck haulage. There are no other designated roads within the permit area. The railroad spur begins .3 miles from the town of Hayden and serves as a connection to the existing Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (see Exhibit 12-1, "Facilities Map"). Two existing sediment ponds (and associated NPDES outfalls) act as sediment control for the runoff from the loadout area: the Truck Loop Pond (Pond A, NPDES Outfall 006) which treats the truck loop and office azea and the Rail Loop Pond (Pond B, NPDES Outfall 007) which treats the coal crushing, storage and tipple areas. A system of ditches diverts freshwater around the disturbance and another system of culverts and ditches conveys water under roadways and to the sediment ponds (see Appendix 12-4 and Exhibit 12-2, "Surface Water Control Plan Map'). Three small area exemptions are proposed for the three topsoil stockpile outside the sediment control system described above (see Appendix 12-2 and Exhibit 9-1). A leach field treats sewage from the office and change trailer (see Exhibit 12-2). 9