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• drop height is minimized during dumping activities. With these specific <br />practices and the inherent surface moisture of the clean coal product, <br />fugitive dust emissions during stockpiling and storage at the coal loadout <br />have not been a significant problem to date. <br />Coal loading operations at the loadout facility involve transferring coal <br />from temporary stockpiles to rail cars utilizing large wheel loaders. <br />From a practical standpoint, EFCI attempts to minimize the transfer <br />distance between temporary stockpiles and rail cars and consequent loader <br />movement. The wheel loaders utilized for rail car loading have been sized <br />such that the lip of the loader bucket extends well into the rail car <br />during the dump cycle. This minimizes exposure of dump material to wind <br />loss during loading. <br />Using wheel loaders, EFCI has considerable control over the load <br />configuration in the rail cars and attempts at all times to establish a <br />stable load configuration which does not extend above the upper surface <br />• of the rail car. Due to the inherent moisture in the clean coal product, <br />fugitive dust emissions during loading have not been a significant problem <br />to date. If any problems with dust emissions are encountered in the <br />future, EFCI retains the option under its air emissions permit to utilize <br />water sprays to wet the coal prior to loading. In the unlikely event that <br />this becomes necessary, EFCI can utilize water retained in the two (2) <br />sedimentation structures at the coal loadout as water sources and use <br />either water trucks or spray hoses to distribute the water. Because of <br />the limited area of the coal loadout facility, dust emissions from related <br />disturbance areas are not significant. EFCI, upon completion of mining, <br />will reclaim these disturbance areas and establish an effective self- <br />sustaining vegetative cover to prevent any significant future wind or <br />water erosion. <br />EFCI has maintained a history of effective air pollution control for both <br />the mine and loadout areas with no violation to date of air emission <br />standards under existing air quality permits. Continued compliance with <br />• the provisions of these air quality permits will ensure protection of air <br />resources in the vicinity of both the mine and loadout operations. <br />2.05.6-6 <br />