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RECEIVE® <br />DEC 16 2003 <br />I • Division of Minerals and Geelogq <br />2.05.3 <br />Excess material storage areas will be seeded with the soil stabilization seed <br />mix. <br />The Portal B excess material stockpile will not affect ground water. All <br />surface run-off from the stockpile will report to a sediment pond. The stability <br />analyses and drainage controls referenced above demonstrate the stockpile <br />will not adversely affect the environment or society. The stockpile is located <br />on land owned by the Operator so there are no concerns with regard to <br />persons with a legal interest in the land or appurtenances thereto. <br />Final reclamation of the Portal B excess material storage area will require <br />the entire stockpile to be loaded, hauled, placed and compacted in the B- <br />Seam portal area to return the portal area to approximate original contour. <br />The ephemeral drainage channels disturbed by the B-Seam portals and the <br />Portal B excess material stockpile will be plated with rip rap as shown on <br />Map 18, Postmining Topography. The surface areas will be covered with <br />topsoil and seeded with the approved seed mix. <br />• Most of the material generated from the preparation plant site construction <br />was placed in the embankment of the Haul Road along the old railroad bed. <br />See section 2.05.3(3)(c) above. This material storage area was filled to <br />capacity and there were approximately 6,000 cubic yards of remaining <br />material. The operator placed the remaining material in the coverfill pile <br />during late 2003. The coverfill pile is located east of the gob pile and is <br />discussed in Volum IV. The coverfill pile was expanded approximately 50 <br />feet to the west to handle the additional material. <br />Detailed design for the foundation of the preparation plant and reclaim <br />tunnels required that they be constructed on structural backfill. This was <br />accomplished by sub-excavating the footprint of the preparation plant and <br />reclaim tunnels and then replacing the native material with imported select <br />granular backfill (gravel}. The native material, approximately 15,000 cubic <br />yards, was exported to the Bowie No. 1 Mine highway coal stockpile area to <br />provide additional cover (interim reclamation) material. Since the native <br />material is being replaced by gravel, there is no net loss of fill material at the <br />Bowie No. 2 Mine. <br /> <br />MR-32 2.05 - 39i - 12/03 <br />t) PPRoVE9 <br />t ~-~16 ~03 <br />