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Surface mine methane emissions occur when the overburden is removed and the seam is broken up by mining.These surface emissions are generally harder to quantify because there is not a measureable point emissions source; in general these emissions are estimates based on in-situ coal content and an assumed fraction being emitted.
Surface mine backfill will be exposed along a section of the northern highwall.
The Shop, which is composed of a one.story electrical shop building and a one-story automotive repair building, is located approximately eight and one-half miles from the No. 50 Surface mine; five miles from the Morton Mine; and one-half mile from the cleaning plant.
Surface mine workers should also receive retirement benefits upon retirement.
Any maps submitted to the regulatory authority to be used to monitor subsidence shall also be submitted to the District Mining Supervisor.(c) Surface mine maps.