2015-10-26_REVISION - C1981035

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 10/26/2015
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review #2
• From: DRMS
• To: GCC Energy, LLC
• Type & Sequence: TR24
• Email Name: RAR
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

King Coal Mine (C-1981-035) TR-24 Adequacy Review #3 Response

It appears there may be habitat near thepermit area for the Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax
Please provide information on the
traillii extimus), listed on the Endangered Species list in 1995.
presence of and extent of habitat in the area of the permit for the willow flycatcher.

2. DRMS 02/18:
A determination of the probable hydrologic consequences is presented
in Section 2.05.6 of the approved permit application package. GCC has predicted that
there will not be any negative impacts to the hydrologic balance. Under 2.04.7, above, the
Division has requested that the baseline hydrology sections of the permit be updated.
Please update the discussion of probable hydrologic consequences to incorporate any new
information that is obtained, in accordance with 2.05.6(3)(b)(iii).
DRMS 06/14:
The Division intended that discussion in Sections 2.05.6 regarding
protection of hydrologic balance and the PHC would be updated to incorporate the
supplemental well information. No revised pages were submitted. Please update Sections
2.05.6 as requested.
As mentioned above, a geo-hydrologist has been retained by GCC Energy to review groundwater
hydrology as it applies to CDRMS and OSMRE current and future permit areas. This report, as
well as updated Sections 2.05.6, will be forwarded to the Division upon completion.
DRMS 10/21/2015:
I have the Summary of Analytical Activities in Response to
Neighborhood Comments. This was updated 8 May 2014. I also have the Proposed
Sampling Protocol for proposed sampling procedures. I am unsure that either of these

documents constitute the report alluded to above.Please let me know what
document/report you are referring to and/or send a copy of the report to me at your
earliest convenience.

Also, I have revised maps but I do not have any revised pages for section 2.04.7,
Hydrology Description, addressing the Vista de Oro subdivision wells and nearby area.
Please provide updated revised pages for section 2.04.7 as requested.

2.10 Maps and Plans
DRMS 02/18
3. : Rule 2.10.2 Permit and Adjacent Areas requires that a map be submitted
which distinguishes among each of the phases during which coal mining operations have
been or will be conducted. Minimum distinctions to be made are listed in (1) thru (3) of
the rule. Maps King 1-001and King II-001are each entitled "Permit and Adjacent Areas",
but neither one presents the information required by 2.10.2. Please revise these maps to
present the required distinctions.
DRMS 06/14
: Maps 001have been amended to incorporate the information requested, but
the scale of these maps and the font size utilized make it difficult to see the phases clearly.
Please show the King I phases (including surface disturbances) required by 2.10.2 at a
legible scale. This might be readily accomplished by portraying the areas on Maps King
1-005 and King 1-007, if that is easier than creating an entirely new map for that purpose.
Prepared by: R. Reilley October 2015
File location: M:\\Coal\\rar\\1MKingCoal\\TR24_MidTermReview Page 7