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Page 4 <br /> The ~+'-:SZ.:T'id~; of <br />included in the Lot 1, sec. 1°, T. 13 S., <br />application. The reason P.. ?1 t1., 6t`~ P.'!. has <br />for adding this 5 acre been <br />tract <br /> of land is to a11o:a the company access to outcrop coal that may extend <br /> into this area. <br />The coal is mired by Colorado S:estmoreland b~ use of centinucus miners <br />with shuttle car haulage to belt conveyor for moving coal from the <br />working places. The coal is conveyed from the nine face over a 48-inch <br />belt conveyor to a surface °,000 ton cylindrical storage bin where it is <br />loaded directly into coal *_rucks for haulage to 21,000 ton surface storage <br />bins located about 3 wiles from the nine on the D&P.G» Boilroad from which <br />it is loaded directly into unit trains for shi~~ent to market. The coal <br />is presently sold and used as power plant fuel. <br />h loss of coal ray be created by the following: <br />1. Where squeeze conditions may occur to create unsafe conditions <br />within the mine. <br />2. l,'here fault conditions are encountered. <br />3. In barrier pillars left along haulage ent-ies. <br />,~ 4. h loss o.` coal may be created along, or near, the burned outcrop. <br />j' ~ 5. Where ccal is lost by normal pillar e~;traction. <br />ti: •' <br />6. Where water or gas problers .:.ay occur. <br />7. ~ loss of coal created fir. t^e lease by leaving the 50-foot <br />barrier that by regulation is required around the boundart• of the lease <br />application lands. <br />8. 4,'here low quality and non-saleable coal is encountered. <br />If Colorado ~.'estmoreiand is the successful bidder, the environmental <br />im?acts would be miniaal because the socio-econoeic im?acts to the <br />surrounding cot/:unit~• had already been considered. P11 of the su??ort <br />facilities (office building, railroad, tipple, roads, drainages, etc.) <br />are currently installed and are in use. <br />If the lease issues, a nine and reclamation plan will have to be submitted <br />for approval. finis plan w-il2 have to show in detail the seauer.ce and <br />method of r„ining to allcw for the ma::imum recovery of the coal and the <br />reclamation of lands. <br />J. Paul Storrs <br />:area `:inir.g Supe~•isor <br />~.: <br />