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OVERBURDEN <br />Approximately 20,500 cubic yards of material was removed from the <br />portal area and used to construct the mine bench and base for all mine <br />surface facilities. Additional overburden may be excavated in the <br />construction of the sediment pond. No overburden will be stockpiled as <br />occurs in surface coal mining operations. <br />Surface blasting is addressed in Section 2.05.3(6) of this application. <br />There will be no overburden disposal sites at the King II Mine. <br />COAL HANDLING STRUCTURES <br />Coal handling structures are identified above under production methods <br />and equipment and in Section 2.05.4 Reclamation Plan - Removal of <br />Surface Facilities. <br />COAL MINE WASTE AND NON -COAL PROCESSING WASTE <br />MINE WASTE ROCK DISPOSAL <br />During normal underground mining operations, shale and sandstone <br />break away from the roof and floor of the coal seam. This material will <br />be removed from the King II Mine and placed in the existing mine waste <br />(refuse) storage area. All mine refuse is being constructed into a waste <br />bank. The waste bank is currently designed to accommodate up to <br />1,000,000 yd Details of design and construction are located in <br />Appendix 7 and are entitled Waste Bank Design Summary Report, <br />November 1993, revised December 1997 by Don R. May, P.E. The <br />location of the mine waste storage area is shown on Map C -4 of the <br />current King I mine permit text and Mine Waste Pile Design, Plan Layout <br />and Detail Sheet. Standard Proctor tests and nuclear density tests will <br />be performed as detailed in Don May's aforementioned report to ensure <br />that the waste pile continues to meet the designed compaction <br />requirements. Should different types of strata be encountered during <br />mining at the King II Mine, these tests will be repeated to ensure that no <br />significant changes in compaction are allowed. <br />GCC Energy, LLC King II Mine <br />Section 2.05.3 <br />Page 7 March, 2010. <br />