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WAREHOUSE PROJECT <br /> The Warehouse Project will consist of accomplishing reclamation at <br /> the overland conveyor route, the M (lower) and B (upper) coal <br /> stockpiles, the glory hole pad and the warehouse area (see map) . <br /> In 1995 and early 1996 Resources proposed that the post mining land <br /> use for the 405 acre area, which encompasses the project area and <br /> the wash plant vicinity, be residential and recreational. As part <br /> of that proposal, Resources proposed that certain areas be <br /> reclaimed in a manner which would enhance building sites and <br /> access. Based upon Resources December 8, 1995 memo, the areas of <br /> proposed development which will be impacted by 1997 reclamation <br /> include the overland conveyor corridor, the B stockpile and the <br /> glory hole pad. Reclamation of the B stockpile will not compliment <br /> building construction. Projects scheduled for 1998 construction <br /> will impact home development at the old coal stockpile and at the <br /> wash plant. Post mining land use issues at these two sites will <br /> not be addressed until a later date. <br /> The Forest Service is attempting to obtain the 405 acre tract via <br /> a land exchange facilitated by a third party. It is unknown <br /> whether the land exchange will be consummated or not. Should the <br /> Forest Service obtain these lands, conflicts with Resources will <br /> not develop. During on-site visits last summer, the Forest Service <br /> has expressed its support for the proposed reclamation concepts. <br /> Overland Conveyor <br /> The overland conveyor corridor is slightly less than one mile in <br /> length, and extends from the east side of the north fork of Dutch <br /> Creek to the west side of the B coal stockpile. It was excavated <br /> into a south facing hillside. The excavation averages about twenty <br /> five to thirty feet in width, with an approximately five to ten <br /> feet tall cut bank. The excavated material was apparently spoiled <br /> downslope, although it is not readily evident. The down slope, as <br /> with the cut slope and the undisturbed hill above, is fairly well <br /> vegetated. Some surficial sloughing has occurred along portions of <br /> the cut slope, and has helped to ameliorate the cut in isolated <br /> spots. Areas of large scale instability or slope failures have not <br /> been observed. <br /> Approximately eighty four pairs of cylindrical concrete pillars <br /> seventeen inches in diameter, and varying in height from zero to <br /> three feet above ground level are still in place along the <br /> corridor. More substantial foundations are located at each end of <br /> the corridor. <br /> The overland conveyor corridor was permitted as part of a revision <br /> to the permit which allowed the construction of the Rock Tunnel and <br /> the B coal storage area. Correspondence within the revision file <br /> indicates that the corridor would be returned to approximate <br /> 2 <br />