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r ; <br /> diversion-collection system and two sediment ponds . It is a <br /> state-of-the-art facility fully engineered in all respects and <br /> constructed to meet all Federal and State requirements . <br /> The major planning effort concentrated on the <br /> geotechnical conditions of the proposed site, control of surface <br /> water runoff and the detailed design of the refuse pile. The <br /> detailed plans for these aspects of the facility were accomplished <br /> by Geo-Hydro Consulting, Inc . and were made available to MLRD <br /> during the permitting phase of the project. These plans are too <br /> voluminous to be included in this application, but will be made <br /> available to any agency or individual who has a need to review <br /> them. This is also true for the detailed engineering plans for <br /> the conveyor system and the access roads . <br /> This coal waste facility was designed in two <br /> phases. The first phase is for the first 6. 5 years of utiliza- <br /> tion and is located completely on Mid-Continent fee-title land . <br /> It will provide for approximately 1, 080, 000 cubic yards of refuse. <br /> The second phase will expand the capacity of the refuse pile to <br /> approximately 7 , 800, 000 cubic yards and will accommodate all coal <br /> refuse that will be generated for a total of 47 years of usage. <br /> Approximately one third of the 47 year waste pile (30 acres) , <br /> will be outside fee title land on White River National Forest <br /> land, and will require a Forest Service special use permit . <br /> The coal refuse generated in the preparation plant <br /> contains both fine and coarse fractions in a so-called "closed <br /> system" of disposal. A closed disposal system generally results <br /> in a refuse material that is harder to define physically than in <br />