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2 . 05 . 3 ( 1 ) <br /> The applicant expects to be able to rip the coal with a <br /> track dozer in order to prepare it for loading . Coal will be <br /> loaded into highway type trucks with a rubber tired front end <br /> loader or other comparable loading equipment. The coal haulage <br /> trucks will transport the coal from the mine to the coal consum- <br /> ers via the county road to the south of the area to be mined. Up <br /> to sixty loaded coal trucks will travel the road each day. Up to <br /> 350 ,000 tons of coal per year will be mined from the property. <br /> ( 2 ) Operation Description <br /> The initial phase of the operation will be topsoil sal- <br /> vage and stockpiling and sediment pond construction. <br /> The next phase of the operation will be production open <br /> pit mining . Overburden from the first pit in Area 1 will be <br /> excavated and placed in the temporar . Boil pile where shown on <br /> the Mine Plan Map. Approximatel, 35 , 553 cubic yards of spoil <br /> will be excavated and placed in the temporary pile. This spoil <br /> will remain in stockpile until required to backfill the last pit <br /> in Mining Area No. 1 . The last pit in Area 1 has a calculated <br /> void volume of 30 , 000 cubic yards. The temporary spoil pile from <br /> the first pit will therefore have more than adequate material to <br /> backfill the last pit . The excess spoil material ( 35 , 553 - <br /> 30, 000) will be spread over the pits adjacent to the last pit to <br /> • help blend the reclaimed area into the natural terrain. <br /> After the coal from the first pit is removed , the <br /> overburden and spoil from the second pit will be placed directly <br /> into the first pit. This sequence will continue throughout the <br /> mining area. <br /> Production mining from Mining Area 2 will proceed the <br /> same as in Area 1 . The topsoil from the first five to seven pits <br /> will be salvaged as well as the topsoil from the location where <br /> the spoil from the first pit is to be placed. Overburden from <br /> the first pit in Area 2 will be excavated and placed in the <br /> temporary spoil pile where shown on the Mine Plan Map. Approxi- <br /> mately C19,J3 —cubic yards of spoil will be excavated and placed <br /> ' in the temporary pile. This spoil will remain in stockpile until <br /> required to backfill the last pit in Mining Area No. 2 . The last <br /> pit in Area 2 has a calculated of 20 <br /> void volume , 375 cubic yards . <br /> The temporary spoil pile from the first pit will therefore have <br /> more than adequate material to backfill the last pit. <br /> . 2 .05-3 May 1991 <br />