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2.05.3 <br />Loadout Structure -Batch Weigh System <br />The loadout structure is a structural steel building where the loadout <br />conveyor terminates. The coal is batch weighed and loaded into rail cars at <br />this location. The dimensions of the building are approximately 30 feet by 40 <br />feet by 120 feet high. <br />Railroad Track <br />Unit trains will approach the loadout from the west and switch off the <br />mainline to the south and enter the lead track. The lead track is <br />approximately 8240-feet long. There is also a parallel storage track that is <br />3,570 feet long. Approximately 2800-feet of main line track will be relocated <br />to facilitate construction of the loadout. <br />Conveyor Underpasses <br />Three conveyor underpasses were constructed for the downhill conveyor <br />project. One is located on the portal bench. The second is located <br />immediately below the downhill conveyor transfer building. The third is <br />located about midway along the downhill conveyor and will serve as a wildlife <br />overpass. A fourth conveyor underpass will be constructed to provide haul <br />road access over the downhill conveyor to the B-Seam portal bench. The <br />underpasses are 9-foot diameter multi-plate and are approximately 100-feet <br />long. The new B-Seam conveyor multi-plate underpass will be approximately <br />60-feet long supported on concrete footers as shown on Map 38. A 3,400 <br />face square foot retaining wall will be constructed to support the road up to <br />and over the multi-plate. The retaining wall is to be reinforced with Tensar <br />geogrid and faced with decorative concrete block. <br />(3)(b) A description of each existing structure. <br />There are no existing structures within the permit area which the applicant <br />intends to utilize for the mining operation. <br />(3)(c) A description of each road conveyor, or rail system to be constructed or used within <br />the permit area. <br />Conveyors <br />There are thirteen separate conveyors constructed on the property which are <br />described as follows: <br />1. Portal Convevor <br />The portal conveyor is the extension of the conveyor from within the mine. <br />TR-24 2.05 - 15 - 0318//03 <br />A PPRovE 0 <br />3l~-~ /03 <br />