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approximate 8 inch by 0 inch size. Following primary crushing, the coal is discharged onto a <br />conveyor belt which transports the coal to a storage bin. The coal is then gravity discharged <br />into highway trucks and hauled to the secondary crusher facility. <br />The secondary crusher and train load-out facility is known as the Gossard Loadout and is. <br />located in Section 22, Township 4 North, Range 93 West. <br />Included in Gossard Loadout facility are a coal stockpile area, a truck dump, a secondary <br />crusher, a covered conveyor, a crushed coal stockpile, and a train load-out. Construction was <br />completed on this facility in 1979. In 1987 a covered reclaim conveyor was added. <br />The coal stockpile is utilized for storage of the coal hauled from the primary crusher facility. <br />Depending on the amount of coal in the "live" stockpile and/or the operating status of the <br />secondary crusher, coal can be placed in temporary storage or directly discharged into the <br />truck dump. Trucks, the reclaim conveyor, and/or a front-end loader can discharge coal into <br />the truck dump hopper. When coal is stockpiled-at a distance to the West of the truck dump, <br />front-end loaders reclaim the coal and feed the reclaim conveyor which transports the coal <br />directly to the truck dump hopper. Feeders at the bottom of the hopper will discharge the coal <br />into a secondary crusher. The secondary crusher will reduce the coal to an approximate 1 1/2 <br />inch by 0 inch size. Afrer secondary crushing, the coal is conveyed on a conveyor belt for <br />discharge through a stacking tube into the crushed coal stockpile. The coal is then fed by <br />gravity directly into unit trains which pass through a corrugated steel tunnel located beneath <br />the crushed coal stockpile. <br />• All the conveyors are completed with walkways on both sides of the belt and are enclosed to <br />control emissions. A bag house is installed at the secondary crusher building. Additional <br />fugitive dust control measures for the coal crushing handling, and loadout facilities are <br />discussed in Section 2.05.6. <br /> <br />2.05-18 Revision Date: 8/29/97 <br />Revision No.: TR-42 <br />