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The parking area east of the northeast shop facility was improved to allow better utilization of the area. The <br />improvements required hauling in approximately 2,500 CY of spoil material to fill -in and raise the existing parking <br />area so that runoff drains to both the north and south from this area. Drainage from this area is directed into ditches <br />D -2, G -4, and D -6 (a and b). Design information for these ditches is contained in Exhibit 8. <br />A small building has been constructed on the east side of the portal entry. The 10 x 12 x 8 foot building will house <br />the portal slope heating system. <br />Warehouse Expansion (MR07 -217 <br />In order to accommodate increased material storage requirements associated with mine expansion and the new <br />Washplant facility, the existing mine Warehouse facility was expanded to include two additions; a 3,950 square <br />foot (158 x 25 foot) enclosed extension of the current pallet -rack storage area, and the addition of a 1,520 square <br />foot (95 x 16 foot) covered shed storage area. Both additions connect to the existing Warehouse structure as shown <br />on Figure EX49H -F1. The Warehouse expansion areas are contained within the existing disturbed area "envelope" <br />defined by the outer edges of the current Warehouse facility, and resulted in no new surface disturbance. <br />Construction involved limited excavation for the floor slab for the enclosed extension; shallow drilling <br />(approximately 20 feet) for 18 -inch concrete support piers for both the enclosed extension and the covered shed <br />storage; forming and pouring the piers and floor slab; erection of the pre- fabricated support frames for both <br />extensions; and placement and connection of the metal sheathing walls and roof. <br />Materials Storage Areas <br />A number of areas located around the site are utilized for equipment/materials storage and handling. Primary areas <br />include the warehouse and welding shop yards and pads, an area south of the shop, the large storage pad north of <br />the bathhouse, the area around the PM Bay north of the Mine Entrance Road, the southern portion of the stoker coal <br />loadout area, the dry storage area near the portal, an area south of the Raw Coal Stockpile, the Washplant yard and <br />pad areas, the Batch -Weigh Loadout yard, and the large storage yard in the Explosives Storage area. Additional <br />areas include equipment storage pads west of the Warehouse, beltline storage area along Haulroad A, temporary <br />storage near Pond B, an area along the ranch road to the east of the fire- training area, and the area across from the <br />Batch -Weigh Loadout in the area of the old Lube Facility site. <br />Additionally, there are equipment staging and handling areas along the PM Bay access road and south of the refuse <br />pile area, for equipment assembly and preparation, primarily in association with longwall moves. Locations of <br />these areas are shown on Map 24, Surface Facilities and Freshwater System. The materials storage areas associated <br />with the stoker coal loadout area, at the PM Bay, at the base of the portal ramp, near the light -duty bay, and across <br />from the shop are also permitted for handling and storage of non -coal wastes per Rule 4.11.4(1). There are five <br />primary garbage or solid -waste handling areas; near the portal, in front of and behind the warehouse /shop area, at <br />the Washplant, and near the PM Bay. Other small satellite areas such as the Batch -Weigh Loadout and Operations <br />Center are served by smaller dumpsters, which are periodically emptied. <br />Storaze Area North of Weld Shop <br />In order to accommodate additional supplies needed for the longwall, the storage area around the weld shop was <br />expanded. The storage area, approximately 0.5 acres, is shown on Map 24, Surface Facilities and Fresh Water <br />Systems, with the additional disturbance also depicted on Map 29, Reclamation Map. The expansion will be <br />upslope of the existing collection ditch in an area that has been previously reclaimed. The topsoil, approximately <br />one foot in depth, will be salvaged and windrowed below the storage area. The windrowed topsoil will be seeded <br />with the topsoil stockpile stabilization seed mixture. At the time of final reclamation, the topsoil will be <br />redistributed over the site. <br />TR10 -75 2.05 -18.1 08/19/10 <br />