2010-08-20_PERMIT FILE - C1981012A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981012A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/20/2010
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plan
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

cement caps will be elevated or removed, broken up and transported back to the New
. Elk for disposal. The facilities will be enclosed with a minimum six foot chain link
fence with access gates maintained in a closed and locked position except in the
presence of authorized mine personnel. Access will be by existing roads. A vehicle
parking area will be provided adjacent to the airshafts. Reopening of the shafts will
not require disturbance to vegetation already established during the afore-mentioned
reclamation process. The location of these surface facilities is shown on Map 3 and
the surface disturbance boundary indicated on Figure 2-A.
(c) Road, Conveyor and Rail Systems
Map 11 Surface Facilities and Roads - East Portal and Map 12 Surface Facilities
and Roads - West Portal show the locations of all roads necessary for operation of
the New Elk Mine for the permit term. Roads within the permit boundary are
classified as haulroads, access roads, or light use roads. These roads were constructed
as the mine facilities were established in the 1950's. Road specifications, including
typical cross-sections for access and haul roads are provided on Map 11. NECC has
revised and updated the road system along with the surface drainage control plan.
This revision has incorporated the road and drainage plan system to ensure road
stability and prevention of additional sediment contribution to the receiving streams.
The road system is part of the New Elk surface disturbance area; therefore, all ditches
and culverts have been designed to handle runoff from the roads which ultimately
• enter sediment ponds prior to discharge. The west-sloping portion of the RDA access
road is maintained in accordance with the mine's Storm Water Monitoring Plan. The
mine entrance road and roads that paralleled the railroad will remain for maintenance
and access (see Maps 15 & 16) after mine reclamation. Roads classified as haul roads
will be examined and certified under the direction of a Register Professional Engineer
prior to their use as haul roads.
Map 11- Surface Facilities and Roads - East Portal shows the conveyor systems
for coal and refuse handling. Dimensions of the conveyors are contained in Exhibit
28, Bond Calculation. Coal is conveyed from the mine portal to the raw coal
stockpile area or the clean coal stockpile area and/or the silos for loadout. Coal is
transferred from the raw coal stockpile to the Prep Plant for processing. From the
Plant, clean coal is conveyed to the clean coal stockpile and/or the silos for loadout.
Refuse from the plant is conveyed to the RDA. Access for maintenance of the RDA
belt is provided in the maintenance corridor as shown on Map 11.
Railroad facilities are shown on Maps 11 and 11A. The batch loadout and all rail
tracks were removed in the fall of 2003. The mainline grade is the property of the
Trinidad Railroad, LLC and is located outside of the mine permit. Current plans are
to have the rail reinstalled by the start of the second year of production.
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