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Exhibit 40 - Rail Loadout at Jansen <br />Wildlife <br />All natural wildlife habitats within the permit area have been removed by previous loadout <br />operations. The site is fenced to eliminate assess of domestic animals and big game. Small <br />mammals, amphibians and reptiles, and avian species can travel onto the site from the <br />Purgatoire River riparian area adjacent to the south and east. <br />OPERATIONS AND RECLAMATION PLAN <br />Operations Plan <br />The existing industrial site lends itself well for coal loadout operations. The existing facility <br />includes site access, railroad tracks, retaining walls, office building with city water /septic leach <br />field, and site fencing. New facilities to be added include the truck scale, coal stockpile storage <br />area, new rail system, coal reclaim hopper, coal conveyor belt with transfer points, loadout bin, <br />and electric power line. A four -foot high wind screen will be installed on the five -foot retaining <br />wall on the north side of the coal stockpile area. Table 2 below has a list of equipment and <br />associated dimensions. All facilities are shown on Figure 2 and will be installed to <br />accommodate coal shipments by late 2010. <br />Coal will be trucked east on U.S. Highway 12 from the New Elk Mine to County Road 63.9. <br />From County Road 63.9, the existing private driveway to the site will be used (Figure 2). The <br />only modification required to these existing roads will be a turn lane onto County Road 63.9 <br />from Highway 12 that will be installed by the Colorado Department of Transportation. The <br />existing access road to the site is private and is suitable for coal truck access during operations. <br />As coal trucks enter the site through the main gate, they will cross the scale for weight <br />measurements and loop through the coal stockpile area for unloading. No internal site roads will <br />be necessary for truck traffic. Initial operations during startup of the mine will include three coal <br />truck trips per day to the loadout site. As mine production increases to 1.1 million tons in mid <br />2011, 8 to 10 coal truck trips per day will access the loadout site. At this production level, one <br />unit train per week would be shipped. <br />Coal will be stored in the 12,000 ton stockpile. One front -end loader will be used to reclaim the <br />coal from the pile into the conveyor hopper. The covered conveyor will consist of three sections <br />with transfer points to the loadout bin and will approximately be 2,740 feet in length (Figure 2). <br />Water sprays will be installed on conveyor transfer points and water will be used as necessary <br />to reduce fugitive dust from the trucks and coal stockpile. The City of Trinidad will supply water <br />through the service already provided to the site. <br />NECC will construct approximately 4,550 feet of new standard gauge rail on the site. Part of the <br />new rail system will be removing approximately 550 feet of existing rail in order to load coal from <br />the stockpile onto the conveyor hopper (Figure 2). The new rail system interconnects into the <br />existing rail (see Figure 2 Inset — New Railroad Line Interconnection) and terminates at the <br />load out bin (Figure 2). The new rail system provides NECC efficient loadout capabilities. <br />The site has been graded nearly flat to optimize previous loadout operations with a slight grade <br />from north to south. Stormwater is currently contained by a small berm (approximately two feet <br />high) along the southern edge of the property and grading along the north property boundary <br />prevents run -on. NECC will maintain drainage patterns and the berm and any stromwater runoff <br />will be contained in a series of sumps along the southern property boundary as shown on <br />January 2011 6 <br />