2009-09-22_PERMIT FILE - C1981018A (5)

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• 18. Sound level measurements (if taken). Seismograph Blasting -There will be no seismograph blasting conducted on the mine site. 8lastino Schedule -Before beginning a blasting program in which blasts using more than five pounds of explosives are detonated, BME and its contractors will publish a blasting schedule at least 10 days but no more than 20 days before beginning the blasting program. The blasting schedule will be published in the local newspaper. Copies of the schedule will be distributed by mail to local governments and public utilities and it will be republished and distributed every 12 months if blasting continues in accordance with Rule 4.08.3 of the regulations. The schedule will contain the following: 1. Specific areas in which blasting will occur. 2. Dates and times of detonation. 3. Methods used to secure blasting area. 4. Types of audible warning and all-clear signals. 5. Description of blasting at times other than those described in the schedule. 6. Public notice of changes in the blasting schedule. 7. Before blasting in areas or at times not in a previous schedule, a revised schedule will • be prepared and published. IV.C Coal Processing, Transportation and Storage Facilities Coal is conveyed from the mine to a central processing/storage area to be washed and then conveyed to a Vain IoadouUstorage area to await shipment to the power plant. This section describes the surface intra-plant transportation, processing and storage facilities. IV.C.1 Conveyors Intra-plant conveyors are sized to Vansport 6" x 0 run-of-mine (ROM) coal at the maximum anticipated mine production rate which will be required to supply an 800-MW power plant consisting of two 400-MW units. Conveyor BC-101 delivers underground coal from the bottom of the "D" Portal into the 150-ton surge bin located adjacent to the portal entry. (Map 15). Conveyor BC-101 is designed to handle mine surges. A vibrating feeder under the surge bin loads up to 1500 TPH on Conveyor BC-102. This conveyor is 160 feet long and feeds into the rotary breaker. • Permit Rev. 4 (07/2002) fV-7