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Operation Description -Permit Area <br />The proposed Yoast permit area, which includes the life-of-operations area, is located in portions of <br />Sections 28, 29, and 32, T6N, R87W, and Sections 5, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, and 30, T5N, <br />R87W. Figure 12-1 and Exhibit 12-1, Operations Plan, illustrates the proposed permit area as well as <br />the projected areas from which coal will be removed. Exhibit 19-1, Reclamation Plan, illustrates the <br />anticipated sequence of reclamation operations throughout the life-of-operations. <br />Mining operations will be conducted for recovery of the Wadge seam in portions of Sections 8, 17, 18 <br />19, 20, and 30, T5N, R87W. The deeper Wolf Creek seam in the permit area will be recovered in <br />portions of Sections 20 and 29, T5N, R87W. <br />First Permit Term <br />Mining in the first permit term will be conducted in the first block identified on Figure 12-1 and on <br />Exhibit 12-1. It should be stressed that these dates are for estimating purposes only. Due to the <br />power plant demand, coal orders could increase or decrease on a monthly basis. This will effect the <br />• <br />overall pit sequencing, but not the geheral mining direction. Stripping will begin at the lowest portion • <br />of the block, developing pits approximately perpendicular to the cropline and then progress updip in a <br />southeasterly direction. This block will be mined out in the first permit term. <br />Off-road coal haulage will access the pit and coal storage areas via Haul Road B. Haulage from the <br />coal storage area to the power plant will utilize on-road vehicles via Haul Road A. <br />Scrapers may be used in cropline areas to either strip or pre-strip a pit for the dragline. This procedure <br />will be conducted in areas where disturbance beyond the cropline is to be avoided due to sediment <br />control restraints or to prevent spoiling into a drainage or onto steep slopes. <br />All mining is expected to be completed by 2004 when reclamation of all facilities will commence. <br />unless a bonafide request is made by the landowner to retain certain facilities and the Division <br />approves such a request. Such a request has been made for Haul Road A. Please refer to Tabs 13, <br />19, and 25 for further explanation. Exhibit 20-2 shows the location of these postmining facilities. <br />• <br />8 Revised 01 /01 <br />