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Contracts and Customers <br />Upon Division approval, Sunbelt will <br />quality, low sulfur steam, lump and <br />operations. <br />resume production of a high <br />stoker coal from its mining <br />Unlike many major coal producers in Colorado, Sunbelt does not have vast <br />amounts of coal resources which can be produced while the company awaits <br />the approval of this mining and reclamation plan. The expedient <br />approval of mining is imperative if Sunbelt is to develop a cash flow in <br />order to sell coal to local customers. Coal production of Sunbelt can <br />be sold with a significant portion being dedicated to use for heating by <br />local residents. <br />Size and Confiourations of Ooerations <br />Sunbelt plans to resume coal production from private coal leases. The <br />• coal mined by Sunbelt will be transported from the underground workings <br />through the Peacock Portals. <br />Sunbelt plans to produce approximately 50,000 tons of coal per year from <br />a room and pillar method of underground mining. The surface area <br />necessary to facilitate underground mining will be only approximately 7 <br />acres. The extent of underground workings will be on the order of about <br />10 acres per year. <br />The operational, reclamation, and environmental control information far <br />the Peacock Coal Mine is set forth in the following document. <br />Mine Development <br />This permit application represents a request far a permit from the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board pursuant to the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining and Reclamation Act, C.R.S., 1973, Section 34-33-101 et sec. <br />• The net effect of this request is to affect compliance with the new <br />Colorado Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder. <br />4 <br />