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for any additional facilities or disturbances required in the future. Map 2.05.2 -M1, Life <br />of Mine Plan Map, outlines the proposed development areas for the initial five -year <br />permit term. <br />New surface facilities in Little Grassy Creek watershed will include the mine portal face - <br />up area, temporary topsoil and overburden stockpiles, a coal stockpile and coal handling <br />facilities, maintenance facilities, roads and parking areas, electric power substation, <br />drainage and sediment control structures, material storage yards, and other ancillary <br />facilities needed to support the mining and related operations. Additional surface and <br />mineral rights were purchased from Grassy Creek, LLC in 2009. Part of the surface <br />property included the facilities that were permitted and used at the Seneca II mining <br />operation. These facilities are shown on Map 2.05.3 -M1B, Mine Facilities Map (North <br />End). These facilities will be used for the life of PSCM. <br />The temporary topsoil and overburden stockpiles and any other inactive areas will be <br />stabilized through interim reclamation measures, including appropriate drainage controls <br />and reseeding with a temporary vegetative cover to minimize soil loss and erosion. Any <br />coal refuse material (development waste and any non - specification coal) and <br />incombustible waste rock generated at the PSCM will be transported to the Foidel Creek <br />Mine's approved coal refuse disposal area (CRDA) for permanent placement. The coal <br />refuse and waste rock material from PSCM has been considered in the design of the <br />Foidel Creek Mine CRDA and is addressed in technical revision TR09 -67 to permit #C- <br />82 -056 for that mine. A variance for delayed reclamation operations in combined surface <br />and underground mining operations, relative to the mine portal face -up area and <br />associated temporary out -of -pit stockpiles is requested as part of this permit application. <br />Given that the initial five -year permit term only anticipates exploratory and mine <br />development activities to establish mining conditions, the associated reclamation plans <br />reflect sealing of all mine openings, backfilling of the portal face -up area, demolition and <br />removal of all surface facilities, regrading to the approved postmine topography, drainage <br />reestablishment, soil material replacement, and reseeding of all mining- related <br />disturbance areas. If mining and market conditions are favorable and support expansion <br />to full -scale mining operations, the facilities in place at that time will be utilized to <br />support ongoing operations and facilities reclamation will be deferred to the end of the <br />mine life. <br />The need for and timing of any additional future surface disturbances associated with <br />vent shafts and other facilities, as well as any plans for full -scale development and <br />mining, will be dependent on whether or not initial development indicates favorable <br />mining conditions and on favorable market conditions at the time that final mine <br />feasibility is evaluated. <br />Any future coal exploration drilling to further define and characterize the coal reserve <br />and strata above and below the coal seam will be planned and permitted in accordance <br />with applicable provisions of Sections 2.02 and 4.21. <br />PSCM Permit App. 2.05 -6 TR02 -11 04/14/11 <br />