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• <br />, <br />Upon the completion of the county road relocation, topsoil <br />removal will begin in the pit area of Unit 1. (See maps f:3 <br />and 114.) After the topsoil has been removed and stocl:piled, <br />overburden stripping will follow. The entire overburden <br />material in this pit will be stockpiled in two locations fot <br />future backfilling. The locations of these stocl:niles nr~ <br />shown in map 113. <br />Due to the dip of the coal seam, the coal will be removed in <br />conjunction with the overburden removal: As the final tons <br />of coal are removed from Unit 1, topsoil removn].cai.ll bc,^,in i~t <br />Unit 2. The .overburden spoil removed from tlic upper poc~tioii <br />of the pit will be used to fill the lower portion of the pit in <br />Unit 1. The remaining area of the pit will be baclcfillcd u~in <br />the overburden stockpiled from Unit 1 stripping. The overburden <br />material in the lower portion of the pit in Unit 2 will bc• stock- <br />. piled in the areas designated in map .113. After Unit 1 bael:fi]Li~i~ <br />is completed, it will then be topsoiled and prepared for spring <br />• or fall seeding. <br />The coal in Unit 2 will be removed in cogjunction with the <br />overburden removal. As the final tons of coal are removaa• <br />from Unit 2, topsoil removal from a portion of Unit 3 will <br />begin. The topsoil will be stockpiled for future retopsoiling <br />in the pit area of Unit 3. (See map 113.) <br />• <br />The open pit area of Unit 2 will be backfilled from the stock- <br />piled overburden material. Upon completion of backfilling, <br />retopsoiling will be done with preparation for seeding in the <br />spring or fall season. <br />Unit 3 will be mined in portions and in sequence (see map 1'3) <br />with topsoil removed and stockpiled until a portion of the pit <br />is completely backfilled. Overburden ,removal and stockpiling <br />will continue until a mined out portion of the pit is available <br />for backfilling. The remaining overburden yardage then will be <br />back-hauled for immediate backfilling. Coal will be removed in <br />conjunction with the overburden removal. ~, <br />_ Mining will 'proceed north until the final pit is completed. U~~on <br />removal of the final coal tonnage, backfilling of•the final pit <br />will begin using overburden from the existing stockpiles Jocatcd <br />nearby. At the completion.of backfilling, final topsoiling anal <br />seeding will continence. <br />The above mining will take approximately 8 years and produce <br />approximately 609,000 Eons of coal per year f.or a total of <br />approximately 4,950,500 tons for the life of mine. <br />t <br />•6 <br />..: ~: ~ .: <br />There are two operating strip mines within the vi.cin~iCy of Lhc <br />proposed lease tract. 1Jyoming fuel's Sigma Miuc is located one <br />and a half mile south of the tract and Pen 's present mini.nf; <br />operation adjoins the tract at the soLitli bounclnry. <br />5 <br />