2015-01-26_PERMIT FILE - C1981012A ‎(5)‎

• Permit No: C1981012A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/26/2015
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plan
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

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drainage, using ditches and culverts. The water control system is designed to safely
pass peak runoff from a 10 -year, 24- hour precipitation event. The drainage design
for the Bates Portal light use road is shown on Map 13a.
Drainage design for the 0.2 mile long light use road that provides access to slurry
wells S2 and S3 is shown on Map 14. Drainage designs for the RDA light use roads
that provide access to the cell repeater are shown on Map 13.
No surfacing will be utilized for the light use roads. The light use roads will be
maintained adequate for the intended use of the roads. A light use road damaged by
a catastrophic event will be repaired as soon as is practicable after the damage has
occurred.
Light Use Road Reclamation
Light use roads will be reclaimed.
The Bates Portal light use road will be reclaimed in conjunction with the reclamation
and backfilling of the Bates Portal.
The temporary light use road located in the lower reaches of the RDA #1 expansion
area will be reclaimed following its use. Test pits will be backfilled and returned to
AOC. The area will be seeded and mulched.
(d) Remote Rail Load out at Jansen
NECC will use the existing Jansen industrial site located approximately one mile
southwest of Trinidad Colorado as a temporary coal load out facility for New Elk
Mine. Exhibit 40 Jansen Load out contains a detailed description of all facilities and
associated modifications related to the load out facility. In general, a retaining wall,
truck weight station, feed hopper, conveyor belt, and load out bin will be constructed.
This load out facility will be temporary and will be used in an interim period until
NECC can complete construction of the railroad to the mine. It is anticipated that
this temporary load out facility would be used until 2012.
(4) Ponds, Impoundments and Diversions
The Sediment and Surface Water Control Plans are shown on Maps 13 and 14 for the
East Portal and West Portal respectively. The Operator submitted these plans as a
technical revision to the permit. These revisions have been necessary because of
preparation plant construction; refuse area construction, and the need for more
efficient routing of disturbed water as well as ease of maintenance of the overall
drainage system. The area north of Ditches D 11, and D 19 to the Highway 12
easement were graded, covered with subsoil and topsoil, mulched and seeded during
August and September of 1990.
Section 2.05 TR -68 12/10/2014