2016-01-21_PERMIT FILE - C1981041A ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981041A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/21/2016
• Section_Exhibit Name: Tab 15 Postmining Land Use
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

2.05.5 Post Mining Land Uses
(2) After the reclamation activities described in Section 2.05.4, Tab Section 14 are
completed, most of the lands affected by surface operations and facilities within
the permit area will have been returned to their original pre -mining condition,
which, as described in Section 2.04.3, Tab Section 4, was "fish and wildlife
habitat" according to Rule 1.04(71)(h).
The South Portal, including the top of the Roadside Refuse Disposal Area, was
converted to commercial use (PR -3 & TR -68) for a fruit storage, packing and
retail sales location, and is now owned by Providence Place Inc. (PPI). Since
2005 PPI has been using the warehouse & shop on the upper level as
equipment & material storage, the lab building is being used as the sales
location, the cafeteria on the lower level houses a refrigeration unit and package
area, and the block lab building on the lower level is used for material storage.
The top of the Roadside South Refuse Disposal Area and the open ground on
the lower level was left open to allow for additional equipment and supply
storage, parking and access. Appendix 15-1 shows the minor site plan and
approval by the Mesa County Department of Planning and Development.
The Overland Conveyor south of 19/10 road was converted to industrial use for
the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and Xcel Energy (TR -57). Xcel's haul road,
which is located on their property and used for coal deliveries, is located in the
NE section of this area. Since completion of reclamation and revegetation of the
Overland Conveyor in 2004, the UPRR's employees and contractors, with no
consideration to SCC's revegetation attempts, continue to use this area for
access to the rail for maintenance and to store materials and equipment when
repair jobs are being performed.
The unit train loadout and portion of the railroad spur and overland conveyor
corridor, north of 19/10 Road, will be converted to industrial/commercial use. The
Operator has a purchase and sale agreement with Halliburton that will use the
loadout and a portion of the railroad spur and overland conveyor as an industrial
site. Closing on the purchase and sale agreement is subject to, among other
items, obtaining approval of a land use change from the DRMS. As depicted on
Exhibits 10C & 11 C, the proposed industrial use will be implemented in "phases".
Phase 1 consists of a temporary offloading pad along Union Pacific's house
track to offload sand into trucks for immediate delivery. Phase 1 has been
implemented, which required the removal of approximately 26 sections of the
existing rail loop. These sections will be replaced in conjunction with the Phase 2
sand plant construction. Phase 2 consists of constructing a bridge over Coal
Creek, new access road, construction of a sand plant, additional railroad sidings,
barite storage, new Individual Septic Disposal System (ISDS) and use of the
existing tunnel, two foundations and rail. Phase 3 consists of constructing a new
scale/turnaround area and warehouse/office and Phase 4 consists of
constructing additional building(s).
TR -68 15-1 Rev 12/15