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Revision <br />February 1982 <br /> <br />quantities of coal reserves would be available during the 5-year permit <br />term and for the life of the operation, WSC received permission on March <br />i9, 1980 to drive three rock tunnels to the lower coal seams (Exhibits <br />2.05.2-B and 2.05.2-C) described as the Wild and D. The tunnels will be <br />declined at 15 percent and transect a vertical distance of 150 feet in <br />approximately 790 feet of decline. The rock tunnels will be inside the <br />mine and will not create additional surface disturbance. The waste rock <br />will be crushed and used as ballast or disposed of in mined-out sections. <br />The three rock tunnels will be used as access to the Wild Seam and D <br />Seam for a period of 15-20 years. Additional rock tunnels to seams lower <br />than the D will be addressed in subsequent permit renewals. <br />Surface facilities (Exhibits 2.05.2-E and 2.05.2-F) and modifications <br />• <br />of existing facilities proposed during the 5-year permit term include: <br />Structure <br />1. Bleeder Portal <br />2. Bathhouse <br />(East Portal) <br />Beginning Construction <br />February 1981 <br />April 1981 <br />3. West Portal Conveyor <br />an ac ing u e <br />April 1, 1982 <br />The Bleeder Portal is an existing bleeder entry to the West Portal. <br />• <br />It was sealed off when the West Portal was closed. WSC proposes to re-open <br />the Bleeder Portal for additional access to abandoned mine workings asso- <br />ciated with the West Portal for underground disposal of coal fine waste <br />(Appendix XXIV.5). After the portal is re-opened, the outside and inside <br />2.05-9' <br />