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NMD (Panels 12-Right through 16-Right, PR 99-OS) <br />-~~ TCC will continue to mine the reserves it controls in the Twentymile Park Basin. The mine moved operations into <br />the NMD as shown on Map 23, Mine Plan Map. TCC controls all of the coal required to mine in this area. TCC <br />projects annual coal production at up to10 million tons per year. <br />TCC uses the longwall mining method as the primary technique for assuring maximum recovery of the resource. In <br />the NMD, plans call fora 1,000-foot wide face, with panel lengths ranging from approximately 13,600 to 17,000 <br />feet. The gateroads, main and submains will be developed by continuous miner, as is the current practice. <br />NMD (14-Right Gateroad Alternate Location, MR 01-171) <br />TCC evaluated whether or not the 1,000-foot wide face could be increased to approximately 1,200 feet or wider. In <br />general, the outcome of the evaluation limited the face width to something less than 1,200 feet. In order to <br />accommodate the uncertainty associated with this evaluation, and initiate the start of the gate-road, an area is shown <br />in red on Map 23 and 23 B for potential areas in which the 14 Right Gateroad will be started. <br />NMD (Panels 17-Right through 21-Right, PR03-06) <br />The mine continues its operation into the NMD as shown on Map 23, Mine Plan Map. TCC has projected annual <br />coal production to increase from the current levels to a maximum of approximately 12 million tons per year. <br />TCC uses the longwall mining method as the primary technique for assuring maximum recovery of the resource. In <br />Panels 17- through 21-Right, mining continued in the NMD during this permit term with a 1,000-foot wide panel <br />and panel lengths ranging from approximately 10,900 to 15,700 feet. The gateroads, main and submains were <br />developed by continuous miner, as is the current practice. <br />NMD (Panels 21-Right through 24-Right (24-Right Partial), PR06-07) <br />The mine will continue its operations to the geologic/economic limits of the NMD as shown on Map 23, Mine Plan <br />Map. TCC projects ongoing annual coal production of up to approximately 12 million tons per year. <br />TCC uses the longwall mining method as the primary technique for assuring maximum recovery of the resource. In <br />Panels 21- through 24-Right, mining will continue in the NMD during this permit term with a 1,000-foot wide <br />panel and panel lengths ranging from approximately 9,500 to 15,700 feet. The gateroads, main and submains will <br />be developed by continuous miner, as is current practice. <br />WESTERN MINING DISTRICT (WMD) <br />WMD (Panels 13-Left through 17-Left -Initial (Phase I) and Phase II Development of Mains and Submains, <br />PR06-07, TR07-63, TR08-64) <br />TCC will continue to mine the reserves it controls in the Twentymile Park Basin. Preliminary (Phase n <br />development of the WMD was initiated under PR06-07 and TR07-63 to facilitate extension of mine ventilation and <br />support facilities for both the northern portion of the NMD, and the new WMD. into the Northern Mining District <br />as shown on Map 23, Mine Plan Map. With the exception of the pending federal coal lease for un-leased federal <br />coal in Sections 22 and 27, TSN, R87W, TCC controls all of the coal required to mine in this area. TCC projects <br />annual coal production at up to12 million tons per year. <br />TR08-64 2.05-2.1 06/17/08 <br />