2014-11-17_PERMIT FILE - C1982056A ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1982056A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/17/2014
• Doc Name: Pages 2.05-65 to 2.05-197.3 part 2
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plans Part 2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

EMD (Panels 2 -Right through 6- Right, PR97 -04)
As with the initial EMD panels (9 -Right through 7- Right), the proposed operations will not impact areas of
unusually high value for fish and wildlife. The prior database survey, which is present in Exhibit 19A, indicates no
nesting activity is occurring within the Middle Creek drainage. The recovery rooms for the southern longwall
panels in the EMD will be sufficiently removed from the Twentymile Sandstone outcrop to prevent complete
failure of the face. Therefore, the nests located in this section of the Twentymile Sandstone will not be impacted by
the continuing operations in the EMD.
NMD and WMD (Panels 17 -Right through 24- Right, 12 -Left through 20 -Left, and 14- and 15 -Left Inby, PR
03 -06, PR06 -07, PR09 -08, TR07 -63, TR08 -64, TR09 -68, TR09 -71)
TC's continued expansion into these areas of the North and West Mining Districts, will not impact areas of
unusually high value for fish and wildlife. There are no cliffs in the area that will be subsided, so there is no
potential for subsidence impacts to raptors. The Fish Creek valley will be subsided, as shown on Map 23, resulting
in the potential for seasonal flooding of low -lying areas and an increase in groundwater levels, relative to the
subsided surface along the margins of drainages channels. Both of these subsidence effects have the potential to
result in beneficial increases in riparian vegetation and habitat along the margins of affected drainages. The
flooded area will be dictated by surface flows in Fish Creek. During spring runoff, more of the valley will be
flooded, with flows and water levels declining, as the runoff abates. Rough approximations of flooded area
acreages are presented in the AVF report prepared by SubTerra for these revisions.
WCR (Rock -Slope and Panels WC -1 through WC -5 Initial Development, TR13 -83)
Initial development work for the WCR will not impact areas of unusually high value for fish and wildlife. Given
that the initial development work will be limited to construction of the rock -slope access and development of main
and sub -main entries with retention of support pillars, no subsidence will be associated with these activities. Any
future longwall mining will result in surface subsidence, which may affect the Fish Creek drainage and grouse
habitat in the vicinity. Potential subsidence effects will be evaluated in conjunction with permitting of these
potential future activities.
Protection of the hydrologic balance.
TR13 -83 2.05 -127.1 11/03/14