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Rockdust Distribution System <br />Mine Communications System <br />Personnel First Aid and Safety Equipment <br />Personnel Carriers <br />Shield Roof Support Carriers <br />Supply Tractors and Trailers <br />Lubrication Trailers <br />Maintenance Equipment and Supplies <br />Front End Loaders <br />Haulage Trucks <br />Dozers <br />Motor Grader <br />Water Truck <br />Boom Truck and Fork Lifts <br />Utility Trucks and Light Vehicles <br />Air Compressor <br />Welders <br />Generators <br />Light - Plants <br />Pumps <br />EASTERN, NORTHERN, AND WESTERN MINING DISTRICT <br />The same mining methods utilized at the existing Foidel Creek Mine will be used to mine coal from the Eastern, <br />Northern and Western Mining Districts. The only significant differences will be longwall panel length and <br />width, i.e. approximately 10,000 - 20,000 feet in length compared with original panel length of approximately <br />10,000 feet, and 1,000 — 1,200 feet wide compared to the original panel width of approximately 640 feet. <br />is The existing surface facilities, including the bathhouse, offices, shop /warehouse, coal stockpiling and handling <br />systems, and coal loadout will continue to be used for mining coal from the Eastern, Northern and Western <br />Mining Districts. In order to support mining in the EMD and NMD, a dewatering facility (the 10 -Right <br />Dewatering Installation) was constructed, and five fans (Zero Entry, EMD Fan Installation (2 fans), NW Mains <br />Ventilation Fan, and 18 -Right Ventilation Fan) installed. The location of the new support systems are shown on <br />Map 23, Mine Plan, and Maps 17 and 17A and Maps 18 and 18A, Premine Soils and Premine Vegetation, <br />respectively, and these systems are described in greater detail in the following sections. In order to support <br />continuing and future mining in the NMD and WMD, a second dewatering borehole (10 -Right Borehole 2) was <br />developed, and three new shafts and associated support facilities (6MN and 18 -Left (2 shafts) Installations) were <br />completed. <br />EMD (Panels 2 Right through 6 Right, PR 97 -04) <br />The same mining methods utilized in the EMD will be used to extract the coal from the remainder of the EMD. <br />The existing surface facilities, including the EMD ventilation sites, will be used for mining of coal in the new <br />five -year permit area. Presently, no new surface facilities are planned in support of the mining that is to occur in <br />the remainder of the EMD. <br />NMD (Panels 12 Right through 16 Right, PR 99 -05) <br />The same mining method utilized in the EMD will be used to extract coal from the NMD, except that the face <br />width is increased to 1000 -foot. The existing surface facilities, including the EMD ventilation site, will be used <br />for mining of coal in the NMD permit area. <br />PR09 -08 2.05 -11 04/10/09 <br />