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West Elk Mine <br />Table of Contents (Continued) <br />Use and Conservation of the Coal Resource ........................2.05-5 <br />Operation Description ............................................................................ 2.05-7 <br />Room and Pillar Mining Method .......................................... 2.05-7 <br />Longwall Mining Methods ..................................................... 2.05-9 <br />Mining Under Restricted Areas ............................................ 2.05-9 <br />Health and Safety ....................................................................................2.05-9 <br />General Mine Safety ............................................................... 2.05-9 <br />Explosives and Blasting .......................................................... 2.05-9 <br />Fire Prevention ..................................................................... 2.05-10 <br />Ventilation ............................................................................. 2.05-10 <br />Electrical Power .................................................................... 2.05-11 <br />Accidents ............................................................................... 2.05-11 <br />2.05.3 Operation Plan - Permit Area ............................................................. 2.05-15 <br />(1) Production Methods and Equipment ............................................ 2.05-15 <br />(2) Operation Description ..................................................................... 2.05-15 <br />F-Seam ................................................................................... 2.05-15 <br />E-Seam ................................................................................... 2.05-15 <br />B-Seam ................................................................................... 2.05-15 <br />Manpower Requirements .................................................... 2.05-15 <br />(3) Mine Facilities .................................................................................. 2.05-15 <br />General Construction Procedures ...................................... 2.05-16 <br />Major Building and Structures ........................................... 2.05-17 <br />Haul/Access Roads ............................................................... 2.05-24 <br />Light-Use Roads ................................................................... 2.05-25 <br />Department of Highway Approvals .................................... 2.05-26 <br />Landslide Corrective Measures .......................................... 2.05-27 <br />(4) Ponds, Impoundments, and Diversions ......................................... 2.05-28 <br />Hydrologic Design of Runoff Ponds .................................... 2.05-29 <br />Miscellaneous Sediment Control Facilities ........................ 2.05-30 <br />General Requirements for Sedimentation <br />Control Facilities .................................................................. 2.05-31 <br />Sedimentation Pond Operation ...........................................2.05-31 <br />Spillway Designs ................................................................... 2.05-33 <br />Stability Program Description ............................................ 2.05-34 <br />Hydrologic Protection During Construction ..................... 2.05-34 <br />Hydrologic Protection During Operation .......................... 2.05-37 <br />Impacts of Overtopping Hydrologic Structures ................ 2.05-37 <br />Collection and Diversion Channels ..................................... 2.05-38 <br />Small Area Exemptions ........................................................ 2.05-39 <br />Fresh Water Ponds ............................................................... 2.05-39 <br />(5) Topsoil ......................................................................................2.05-39 <br />(6) Overburden ..............................................................................2.05-40 <br />(7) Coal Handling Structures .......................................................2.05-40 <br />(8) Coal Processing Waste and Non-Coal Processing Waste .... 2.05-42 <br />(9) Return of Coal Mine Waste to Abandoned Workings......... 2.05-44 <br />Rev .03/06- PRIO; 04106- PR10; 05106- PRIO; 09107- PR12; 02108- PR12; 04109- TRIP