Proposed Coal Mines.kml normal #sn_ylw-pushpin highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin normal #sn_ylw-pushpin0 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin0 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin31101 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin3602 normal #sn_wht-pushpin161 highlight #sh_wht-pushpin51 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin4801 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin4401 normal #sn_wht-pushpin16 highlight #sh_wht-pushpin50 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin041 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin1121 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin523 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin1402 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin731 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin1151 normal #sn_wht-pushpin160 highlight #sh_wht-pushpin5 normal #sn_ylw-pushpin11102 highlight #sh_ylw-pushpin022 Proposed Coal Mines Proposed mine outlines Jumbo Dome Coal Mine Proposal #msn_ylw-pushpin 1 -148.7263461323622,64.00855034708647,0 -148.731027796044,64.006640552912,0 -148.7356965947897,64.00532160489576,0 -148.7415169418461,64.00444287565517,0 -148.7435008736138,64.00313023767369,0 -148.7438362272987,64.00174378259551,0 -148.746484335922,64.00094378615702,0 -148.7499504062013,64.00029236182357,0 -148.7534123725806,63.99891400089344,0 -148.7553852557816,63.99811778242042,0 -148.7549068865546,63.99665723873189,0 -148.7531093830978,63.99533565087631,0 -148.7541091340438,63.99358381136645,0 -148.7486372112935,63.99387073944163,0 -148.7491264919205,63.99212546109824,0 -148.7506138700695,63.99118217191365,0 -148.7529295241729,63.99002098399863,0 -148.7540783496563,63.98828013068575,0 -148.7566992011914,63.98706459607321,0 -148.7572398096057,63.98367720331074,0 -148.7539936258953,63.98521658568449,0 -148.7511140757565,63.98446275171749,0 -148.7479397225287,63.98572631622692,0 -148.7474658087094,63.9880351259127,0 -148.7457919875807,63.98834189518158,0 -148.7409430154395,63.98774915952843,0 -148.7391209703192,63.98877367923478,0 -148.7351457122483,63.98938891758079,0 -148.7306926395611,63.99042245997065,0 -148.7270687376171,63.9912235018064,0 -148.7247596069495,63.99273603237151,0 -148.7242569969605,63.99467601916325,0 -148.726562495134,63.9955333662751,0 -148.7278821632122,63.99617868782515,0 -148.7288730429644,63.99689795659978,0 -148.7282097538872,63.9979107795192,0 -148.7245716974856,63.99806229585853,0 -148.7230794944351,63.9991491136385,0 -148.7217503199746,64.00038136087602,0 -148.7222412703046,64.0011779286809,0 -148.7255464808438,64.0026272713646,0 -148.7268709416716,64.00364547485027,0 -148.7273671033724,64.00437418080878,0 -148.7260281509847,64.00517773536708,0 -148.7255247967097,64.00605535071419,0 -148.7263555400662,64.00678751716042,0 -148.7265159030535,64.00803551426679,0 -148.7263461323622,64.00855034708647,0 Nanushuk Coal Prospect Rough outline of coal prospect area on AK state land. Preliminary decision for prospecting permits is expected in April 2010. #msn_ylw-pushpin 1 -149.829099538824,68.59835350899228,0 -149.8025348061046,68.6599604348031,0 -149.8897358846788,68.65004003595197,0 -150.0229152381816,68.63658233913601,0 -150.1608089166128,68.62994386174569,0 -150.3142726209055,68.63117220943349,0 -150.5565823624759,68.63284159236213,0 -150.6456102864476,68.62944571664171,0 -150.7906517656278,68.64101174472788,0 -150.9764253040692,68.65066080554715,0 -151.084282244195,68.65497299204982,0 -151.2000668162809,68.67692486286032,0 -151.3001312844175,68.67912831376319,0 -151.3572315507661,68.6477962451152,0 -151.3059788147457,68.63885928873567,0 -151.1389170259208,68.62175413144078,0 -150.8138621356412,68.593028470595,0 -150.4920739935485,68.57550883308811,0 -150.3687152120101,68.57170937328451,0 -150.1664065994538,68.58483722947047,0 -149.9591164264817,68.5878706066305,0 -149.829099538824,68.59835350899228,0 Proposed mine pips Jumbo Dome Coal Mine Proposal Usibelli Mine, which plans to develop them at a future date. This area contains 100 million tons of coal with characteristics as the coal in Poker Flats and Two Bull Ridge; however, this area offers an attractive stripping ratio of 2 to 1.

Usibelli proposed the Emma Creek Energy Project - a large scale, mine-mouth power plant - for this site. This idea has not gotten beyond the conception stage.]]> -148.7289222901464 63.98710954432241 0 -0.03406883776012521 0 25954.77793446033 relativeToGround relativeToSeaFloor #msn_ylw-pushpin0 -148.739436191342,63.99510471706957,0 Nanushuk Coal Prospect preliminary coal prospecting permits within the Nanushuk Group north of the Brooks Range. Covering 116,000 acres of land, these permits are opposed by a nearby tribal council concerned about risks to essential subsistence resources in the area. A "Site Specific Plan" designating the area for resource management was approved by the DNR, but has been appealed and is awaiting adjudication. ]]> -148.6549517520745 67.9998002018871 0 1.161364385476599 0 421910.2043014428 relativeToGround relativeToSeaFloor #msn_ylw-pushpin0 -150.4484676203839,68.59200140410276,0 Chuitna Coal Mine ChuitnaMineFacilities 1 Chuitna Pips 1 Proposed infrastructure pips Mine Runoff Discharge 002 Chuitna Mine - into 2004 Stream. Treatment measures planned for mine discharges include multi-cell sediment ponds to control suspended solids.
]]> -151.282476819248 61.16284948169004 0 0.1073334015559527 0 24654.35194480245 #msn_wht-pushpin8 -151.4272222222222,61.17777777777778,0 Mine Runoff Discharge 001 Chuitna Mine - into Lone Creek (Stream 2002). Treatment measures planned for mine discharges include multi-cell sediment ponds to control suspended solids.
]]> -151.282476819248 61.16284948169004 0 0.1073334015559527 0 24654.35194480245 #msn_wht-pushpin8 -151.3575,61.20777777777779,0 Potential access corridor Chuitna Coal Mine, the coal would run along a 12 mile long conveyor belt to a storage facility at Ladd Landing on the shore of Cook Inlet.

"A covered overland coal transport conveyor with an annual throughput capacity of 15 million MT per year would be constructed. The conventional continuous belt conveyor would transport coal from the mine service area to the Ladd Coal Export Terminal. The entire conveyor structure would be approximately 2.9 m (9.6 ft) tall and 2.2 m (7.3 ft) wide. The coal-carrying belt would be a minimum of 1.0 m (3.3 ft) above the ground and would be supported by heavy duty pipe yokes attached to the horizontal steel pipe at 2 m (6.5 ft) intervals.

The conveyor belt would be covered on top and one side with a weatherhood to protect the coal from moisture and wind. The open side would permit visual inspection of and access to the rollers for maintenance. Whenever the conveyor crosses streams, it would be partially enclosed on the underside to prevent coal or dust from entering the stream."
Chuitna Scoping document
]]> -151.1827136733113 61.1205413768886 0 0.2857002299426015 0 42827.55143738861 relativeToGround #msn_wht-pushpin8 -151.2474607567438,61.1747450562554,0 Potenial access corridor 2 Chuitna Coal Mine, the coal would run along a 12 mile long conveyor belt to a storage facility at Ladd Landing on the shore of Cook Inlet.

"A covered overland coal transport conveyor with an annual throughput capacity of 15 million MT per year would be constructed. The conventional continuous belt conveyor would transport coal from the mine service area to the Ladd Coal Export Terminal. The entire conveyor structure would be approximately 2.9 m (9.6 ft) tall and 2.2 m (7.3 ft) wide. The coal-carrying belt would be a minimum of 1.0 m (3.3 ft) above the ground and would be supported by heavy duty pipe yokes attached to the horizontal steel pipe at 2 m (6.5 ft) intervals.

The conveyor belt would be covered on top and one side with a weatherhood to protect the coal from moisture and wind. The open side would permit visual inspection of and access to the rollers for maintenance. Whenever the conveyor crosses streams, it would be partially enclosed on the underside to prevent coal or dust from entering the stream."
Chuitna Scoping document
]]> -151.1827136733113 61.1205413768886 0 0.2857002299426015 0 42827.55143738861 relativeToGround #msn_wht-pushpin8 -151.2583692550319,61.14545555763174,0 Mine Runoff Discharge 003 Chuitna Mine - into 2003 Stream (Middle Creek). Treatment measures planned for mine discharges include multi-cell sediment ponds to control suspended solids.
]]> -151.282476819248 61.16284948169004 0 0.1073334015559527 0 24654.35194480245 #msn_wht-pushpin8 -151.3772222222222,61.1675,0 Mine Runoff Discharge 004 Chuitna Mine - into 2003 Stream (Middle Creek). This discharge point would include mine facilities runoff, equipment washdown and sanitary wastes. Treatment for these discharges includes an oil/water separator and hydrocarbon treatment prior to discharge. A package plant for treatment of sanitary waste would be utilized as pre-treatment for this waste stream.
]]> -151.282476819248 61.16284948169004 0 0.1073334015559527 0 24654.35194480245 #msn_wht-pushpin8 -151.3797222222222,61.16194444444444,0 Mine proposal pips Chuitna Coal prospect - proposed pit Chuitna Coal Mine proposal.

The proposal calls for a surface (open pit) mine, which would involve dewatering the area, plowing up the vegetation, and removing the topsoil and rock layers that cover the coal.

PacRim estimates coal reserves at Chuitna to be about 300 million metric tons, and expects production of up to 12 million metric tons (MT)/year, over a 25 year mine life. This would make Chuitna the fourteenth largest coal mine in the country, and the largest coal mine in Alaska history.

The proposal is opposed by many local residents and environmental groups - who are concerned about the project's local impact on fish, wildlife, and human health, and about the global impact of increased coal use.
]]> -151.2634930384756 61.11230485733292 0 0.2149697147507741 0 43163.30084695862 relativeToGround #msn_wht-pushpin81 -151.3851363765825,61.19959352688166,0 Port proposal pips Ladd dock proposal Chuitna Coal Mine is built, there is one potential local use for the coal at a proposed Beluga Coal-to-Liquids plant. However, Alaska currently obtains only a small fraction (less than 10%) of its energy from coal, using less than a million metric tons of coal per year (compared to the potential 12 million from Chuitna). All of this coal is supplied by the Usibelli coal mine, which also exports nearly half of the coal it produces, mainly to Asian markets.

Therefore, if Chuitna is built, the coal is likely to be exported.

"A trestle facility 3,048 m (10,000 ft) long would be constructed into Cook Inlet that would be capable of an annual throughput of 15 million MT per year with upland storage of approximately 250,000 MT; an offshore vessel berth with an 18-20 m (±60 ft) minimum draft and 13 installed capacity to load ocean going vessels at approximately 75,000 to 80,000 MT per day."
Chuitna Scoping Document

Mine opponents worry that the structures and traffic at the landing facility could impact the endangered beluga whales, migrating salmon, or other marine life in the inlet.
]]> -151.1827136733113 61.1205413768886 0 0.2857002299426015 0 42827.55143738861 relativeToGround #msn_wht-pushpin80 -151.0612318205236,61.09940049015313,0 Ladd Landing area Chuitna Mine is built, the coal stockyard at Ladd Landing would have the capacity to store 100,000 to 500,000 metric tons of coal in an open stockyard that would be contained within a graded foundation and surface water collection ditches.

In the 1990 EIS for Chuitna, it was estimated that over 200 tons of dust would blow from this storage facility each year. This dust could cause health problems for local human residents, as well as wildlife.
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