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by the mining process. A metal slope belt drive building with dimensions of 32' x 40' x 20', located north of the <br />• existing transfer building was constructed in 1995 and provides electrical and mechanical support for conveyor <br />system. Aonding calculations addressing removal of the new slope belt drive building are presented in Volume 1- <br />A. <br />Feeders onto the belts located in the reclaim tunnels feed coal from the stockpile. The overland belt was <br />constructed during 1989, and it conveys coal from the reclaim tunnel to Tipple 2.. If trucks were used for coal <br />haulage the coal would be loaded out of the stockpile with a loader or similar type of equipment and hauled to <br />Tipple 2. This would only occur in the case of an emergency. <br />TCC's upgraded coal handling facility provides the mine an opportunity to convey coal at varying rates depending <br />upon demand. Construction practices will include driving/installing caissons, building grade beams and footers to <br />provide an adequate foundation for the various structures. The individual design requirements of the various <br />structures dictates the type of foundation. The facilities are shown on Map 24. <br />During the upgrade the slope conveyor belt was increased in size to accommodate the higher tonnage. All of the <br />belts and systems are sized to efficiently convey the increased tonnage. The existing transfer building issued to <br />support the slope belt. <br />The new transfer building is located south of the existing transfer building. In this building coal will be transferred <br />from the slope belt to the stacker tube feed belt, or waste rock will be transferred from the slope belt to the waste <br />rock conveyor belt. The location of the belt has been modified to facilitate operations around the storage building. <br />The new location, as shown on Map 24, Surface Facilities, requires excavating approximately 11,000 CY of spoil <br />and rerouting ditch D-4 around the stockpile. The excavated material was either placed in the reclaim tunnel <br />excavation or in the waste rock disposal area. The excavated spoil was be sloped to a lh:ly or steeper depending <br />upon field conditions. [f field conditions require, a safety bench will be constructed in the cut slope. Removal of <br />this material will not impact the reclamation plan. <br />To protect the #4 bent on the TCC stacker conveyor, a steel revetment approximately 25' x 25' x 55' was <br />constructed on concrete footers. The revetment may have a roof to prevent the accumulation of coal inside the <br />revetment. The concrete footers will be pushed to the base of the portal highwall and be buried during final <br />reclamation activities. <br />During construction of the coal stockpile pad and the haul road a minor amount of cut and fill work was required. <br />The northwestern edge of the pad and the haulroad requved approximately 20,000 CY of fill. The remainder of the <br />area was required approximately 6,000 CY of fill to get the pad to grade. During the site prepazation some of the <br />existing fill was cut from the site. the overall estimates indicate approximately 15,000 CY of material will be cut <br />from the existing topography. Of this, approximately 12,000 CY was placed in the waste rock disposal site. This <br />material is not suitable for construction proposes, and thus was placed in the waste rock pit. <br />The required fill material was borrowed from the spoil adjacent to the TCC portal area. The borrow area is shown <br />on Map 24. The borrow area was graded level, and thus will provide additional storage area. The side slopes of the <br />borrow area was graded to 2H:1 V. <br />Approximately 100 CY of material was removed from the borrow area and used as bedding and packing for <br />culverts D-2-C and D-2-F. Coal transferred from the stacker mbe feed belt to the stacker tube is stockpiled around <br />the stacker tube. The stockpile will accommodate up to 200,000 tons of coal; however the typical size will be <br />40,000 tons. As shown on Map 24, a portion of existing Haul Road B (see CYCC Permit C-81-071), will be <br />covered up by the coal stockpile and reclaim tunnel. This will require that the haulroad be routed around the north <br />and west sides of the coal stockpile. The haulroad profile and typical X-section is provided on Map 30A <br />APPROVED APR 2 4 2000 <br />Permit Renewal No. 3 2.05-25 4/1/99 <br />