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• Coal Stockpile and facilities pad <br />• Drainage and Sediment Control Structures <br />• Ponds and pump house <br />• 1,000,000 gallon water storage tank <br />In addition, one 8,000 gallon and one 12,000 gallon double - walled diesel tank would be <br />temporarily placed adjacent and southeast of the Maintenance Shop. Once construction <br />activities are complete a permanent fueling station will be built and the tanks would be <br />moved to the new location. The use of explosives is expected as part of the portal <br />excavation. SCCC would store ammonium nitrate (as a crystalline solid) for explosives <br />use in an additional temporary tank located adjacent to the Wadge Pond as specified in <br />2.05.3 -MI A Mine Facilities Map. Once construction activities are complete the tank will <br />be removed. <br />During the initial permit term, it is anticipated that coal will be moved from a small on- <br />site storage stockpile to nearby customers by over- the -road tractor- trailer units. A more <br />detailed description of the surface facilities is provided in Section 2.05.3. <br />The PSCM operation under this permit application, including the production schedule <br />and area of underground disturbance, will be dependent on conditions encountered and <br />information gained during mining and the market demand for the coal. The annual <br />production is expected to range from 500,000 to 2,500,000 tons during the initial five - <br />year permit term. If mining conditions, coal availability and markets prove favorable, <br />production could reach up to 12,000,000 tons of coal per year. <br />Operation Description <br />Previous mining operations in the area include the Yoast Mine which adjoins the western <br />boundary of the permit area, and the Seneca 11 Mine which overlaps the eastern side of <br />the permit area. These surface mines recovered Wadge Seam coal from areas of near- <br />surface reserves along the anticlinal structures bounding the targeted PSCM reserves. <br />The Yeast and Seneca I1 Mines ceased operations once the economically recoverable <br />near- surface reserves were depleted and have been reclaimed. <br />The PSCM will develop and mine the deeper Wadge Seam coal reserves in the synclinal <br />basin between the former Yoast and Seneca 11 mines. Coal development and initial <br />production will be initiated new the eastern portion of the PSCM permit area using <br />surface facilities located in the Little Grassy Creek sub - watershed. Development and <br />mining during the initial five -year permit term will involve excavation of the portal tace- <br />up area, construction of limited surface facilities, and exploratory development of mains, <br />sub - mains, and four entry sections. Surface facilities developed for the first five -year <br />permit term will be used to support initial exploratory development and the associated <br />limited coal production and would then also be utilized to support any subsequent future <br />full -scale mining operations. Future permit revisions will be prepared and submitted for <br />CDRMS review and approval to address any expansion and extension of development <br />and mining activities beyond the initial permitted exploratory development activities and <br />PSCM Permit App. 2.05 -5 TR02 -11 04/14/11 <br />