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• <br />n <br />LJ <br />• <br />2.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND <br />MINING ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND <br />RECLAMATION PLANS <br />2.05.2 Operation Plan - Estimated Area for Life of Operation <br />(1) <br />(2) <br />TR -68 <br />Aff2ov6p <br />7/20/ 10 <br />Production Methods and Equipment <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine is designed to maximizethe utilization and conservation of the <br />coal resources. To achieve this, the Operatorwill use the best technology available <br />which will maintain environmental integrity. Mine plan considerations include <br />personnel and equipment safety and surface protection where required. The <br />Operator will use a combination of room and pillar and longwall mining with belt <br />haulage. <br />Room and pillar panels will be developed where longwall mining is not feasible. <br />Partial pillar recovery of all workings and barrier pillars will proceed to the extent <br />allowed by safe mining and surface protection concerns. Longwall panels will be <br />developed as long as practicable within the geometric constraints of the reserve <br />base. The width of the panels will vary between 800 and 1,000 feet. <br />Production from the mine will depend on market conditions. The maximum expected <br />production from the mine will be 6.0 million tons per year. <br />Operation Description <br />The fee surface and fee coal reserve consists of 1867 acres. A total of eight <br />separate coal seams have been correlated and measured in the reserve area. The <br />B -2 Seam and the D -2 Seam, in ascending order, from the top of the Rollins <br />Sandstone were commercially viable for mining by underground methods. <br />The D -2 Seam reserve area encompasses approximately 1,000 fee coal acres and <br />the B -2 Seam reserve area encompasses approximately 800 fee coal acres. <br />Federal Coal lease COC -61209 contains 3,953.95 acres. <br />The reserve was initially accessed through the D -2 Seam. The initial five year permit <br />term was for mining the D -2 Seam in the fee and Federal property. During March <br />1999, the Operator obtained Federal Right -of -Way COC- 62688. This right -of -way <br />allowed the Operator to develop Federal coal for ventilation and access entries. <br />These ventilation and access entries were developed in two locations; 1) northwest <br />of' the Operators fee coal and; 2) along the east boundary of the Operators fee coal. <br />2.05-1- 08/10 <br />