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fill. Initial box-cut material from the Section 16 Pit was placed in the Section 16 Fill. <br />After blasting, the truck and shovel operations will also remove the top three or four seams of <br />overburden and interburden at the South Taylor Pit. This material will be hauled to temporary <br />overburden storage piles TS West and TS East (to the north of the pit). Approximately 44 <br />million cubic yards of material will be placed in the temporary overburden stockpiles. Upon the <br />completion of mining, this overburden will be hauled back to the South Taylor Pit. The initial <br />box-cut material for the South Taylor Pit will be placed in two permanent valley fills (the West <br />Taylor and East Taylor Fills). Approximately 60 million cubic yards of material will be placed <br />in the two fills. <br />Coal Production <br />lxaeturactu)v v n oi coal ' iS pr vjecw te(law to cvirt;rrru? nue uir4:1ur the the 7(11'7 . Drv.li ,M +; <br />."I/ r u nrywonvaor ?< or <br />D <br />year arrce year over <br />the next 5 years is not expected to exceed 9 million tons (CDPHE Construction Permit <br />95MF1040, Exhibit 8, PAP). <br />Recovered coal is trucked to a primary crusher and coal stockpile located just north of the East <br />Pit. From there coal is trucked to a secondary crusher and coal stockpile located approximately <br />four miles north at the Gossard Loadout. Stoker coal is crushed, stored and loaded separately <br />from other coal at the loadout. Both types of coal are shipped to customers by rail. In addition, <br />coal may be hauled from the crushers or the loadout area by truck to State Highway 13. <br />Disposal of Wastes <br />There is no washing of coal product at the site. Non-coal solid wastes are placed in designated <br />zones (minimum of twenty-five feet of overburden, off the bottom, of pits during backfill <br />operations). Recoverable oil, grease, and other lubricants are stored and shipped to recycle <br />facilities. Sanitary wastes are disposed of in septic tanks, leach fields and evaporative ponds. <br />(4.11.4, PAP) <br />Water Rights and Usage <br />Colowyo draws water from Wilson Reservoir and from Taylor Creek for mining and support <br />operations. Water consumed is within water rights and is done in accordance with the Colowyo <br />Water Augmentation Plan approved by the Colorado State Engineer's Office and the Division of <br />Water Court (PAP, 2.04.7, 4.05.15). <br />3.3.2 Reclamation Plan <br />The reclamation plan for Colowyo is found in Sections 2.05.4 and 2.05.5 (Volume 1 for the East <br />Pit, West Pit, Section 16 Pit, Facilities Area and Gossard Loadout and Volume 12 for South <br />Taylor) of the PAP. A partial summary of this plan is given here. For a more complete summary <br />and references to specific portions of the permit Application, see Section B of this document. <br />Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance 14 September 2009 <br />Permit Renewal 05 Page 27