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state Rea. <br />1991 five-year permit term. It is highly unlikely that the • <br />areas proposed to be mined will be redisturbed at scene future <br />date to recover deeper seams. The Wolf Creek seam i.s the next <br />closest recoverable seam approximately 150 feet below the <br />Wadge. There is no equipment suited to the terrain at Seneca <br />that could econcanically remove interburden at such depths. <br />Recovery of deeper coal seams by underground methods is being <br />considered as a means of optimum utilization of the resource. <br />Plannisg for tuderc~rnu~d development is in the exploratory <br />phase and beyorri the scope of this application. <br />OPERATION D~r~T~ON - GENII2AL <br />2.05.2(2) The ptroposed Seneca II permit area, which includes the <br />2.05.3(2) life-of-mine area, covers 3,444 acres in sec..-lions 27, 34, 35, <br />(a) aryl 36, T6N, R87W, Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, and 13, T5N, RB7W <br />aryl Sections 6 and 7, T5N, R86W. E~ribit 12-1, Operations <br />Plan, illustrates the permit area as well as the projected <br />yearly areas frc~ which coal will be removed. F~chibit 13-2, • <br />Reclamation Plan, illustrates the sequence of backfilling and <br />c~ading operations throughout the life~f-mine. Table 12-3, <br />Affecked Area, lists the access frcan which coal will be removed <br />aryl the acres to be graded on an annual basis beginning with <br />1992. Table 12-3A illustrates the area frcuu which opal and <br />topsoil were removed during the 1987 to 1992 five-year permit <br />term. <br />Minim operations are currently being conducted in both the <br />Wadge arri Wolf Creek pit amac. In these pits, both the Wadge <br />and Wolf Creels Coal seams have been recovered, respectively. <br />These two pits are identified on the Operations Plan Map, <br />EJdzibit 12-1. Ongoing exploration drilling will continue to <br />further define the recoverable coal limits within the mine <br />plan area (life-of~peration area). <br />Mining operations to occur during the life of the pit and the • <br />five year permit term at the Wolf Creels pit will be conducted <br />12-9 Revised 12/10/92 <br />