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The rail loop and facilities within the rail loop were removed from the permit and the <br />reclamation plan with the approval of Permit Revision 04. The loadout tower remains in the <br />permit and reclamation plan, as do all of the structures that convey the coal to the rail loop. <br />BME will keep all operations related to the mining operations and the loading and transporting <br />of coal separate. <br />Coal processing waste generated at the wash plant facility is trucked approximately 3.6 miles to <br />the refuse disposal area located east of the rail loadout in the northeast portion of the permit area. <br />The refuse disposal area includes eleven subareas of refuse deposition. The first subarea (RP-1) <br />was reclaimed in late 1990, implementing a revegetation study that involved variations from the <br />required four feet of cover. Combined Refuse Area RP-2/3/4 and the adjacent Refuse Area RP- <br />5A are currently active. The remaining subareas have not yet been developed. <br />Deserado Mine 22 June 18, 2009