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All mining is expected to be completed by 2003 when reclamation of all tacilities will commence, <br />unless a bonafide request is made by the landowner to retain certain facilities and the Division approves <br />such a request. Such a request has been made for Sediment Pond #005, #006 ITab 161, and a portion <br />of Haul Road G. SCC is also requesting the Mine Entrance Road, Haul Road A, and remaining portion of <br />Haul Road G be retained after mining. Exhibit 20.2 shows the location of these postmining tacilities, <br />please refer to Tabs 13, 19, and 25 for further explanation. <br />Future Permit Areas <br />It is anticipated that a permit renewal application will be submitted each five years, prior to the <br />expiration date of [he permit currently in force. Those areas to be permitted for mining and reclamation <br />under subsequent five-year permits are identified by year on the Operations Plan and Reclamation Plan, <br />Exhibits 12-2 and 12.3 and 19-1 and 19-1A. This assumes that, for ease of identifying areas, 1990 is <br />not counted as a full year. The first full five-year term was 1991 through 1995. Subsequent five-year <br />permit applications have been or will be submitted for the years 1996 through 2000, and 2001 through <br />2005. The permit area is described in Tab 3 of this application. <br />Coal Resource Protection and Conservation <br />• Mining at Seneca II-W involves extraction of a single coal seam having varying overburden depths. The <br />initial choice of mining egwpment type and size was hosed upon the type of mining conditions, <br />production requirements, the life of the mining operation, types and thicknesses of overburden, local <br />and regional dip, and thickness of the coal seam. Experience in mining at Seneca II-W has resulted in <br />the anticipated mix of excavation and support equipment. Auxiliary equipment has been matched to <br />the primary excavator and its capabilities. Mining activities are conducted to maximize the recovery of <br />coal while maintaining environmental integrity. <br />During reserve development, alt the coal encountered during drilling is recorded. The correlatable and <br />estimated mineable seams are cored and analyzed. These data are utilized to finally determine mineable <br />reserves. The quality of the seams as well as their occurrence in the geologic column is considered <br />when determining whether the seam is mineable or nonmineable. <br />The design of the cut widths are based upon the machine performing the excavation to prevent the pits <br />from becoming too wide resulting in spoil material being placed on uncovered coal and leaving coal <br />fenders. Sloughing of spoil material onto uncovered coal is anticipated to occur infrequently. It <br />sloughing should occur, auxiliary equipment will be utilized to remove the spoil material so that the coal <br />can be removed. All coal fenders will be mined. Negligible amounts of coal should be lost because of <br />either of these two conditions. Further, it is in the operators best interest [o recover the maximum <br />. amount of coal possible once the overburden has been removed and the coal seam exposed. <br />9 Revised 04/00 <br />