2016-05-04_PERMIT FILE - C1982056 ‎(7)‎

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/4/2016
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.06 Special Categories of Mining
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

(c) The ternis and conditions of a permit for mountaintop removal mining may be modified at anv time
by the Division, if it determines that more stringent measures are necessary to insure that the operation involved in
conducted in compliance with the requirements of the Act and these Rules.
RESPONSE
The mining proposed within the permit area is underground mining, therefore no mountaintop removal mining will
occur.
Rule 2.06.4 - Steen Slope Mining
(1) Scope. 2.06.4 applies to any person who conducts or intends to conduct steep slope mining and
reclamation operations, except:
(a) Where an operator proposes to conduct surface coat mining and reclamation operations on
Flat or gently rolling terrain, leaving a plain or predominantly Flat area, but on which an occasional steep slope is
encountered as the mining operation proceeds.
(b) Where a person obtains a permit for mountaintop removal mining; or
(c) To the extent that a person obtains a permit incorporating a variance under 2.06.5.
(2) Anv application for a permit for surface coal mining and reclamation operations covered by 2/06/4
shall contain sufficient information to establish that the operations will be conducted in accordance with the steep
slope performance standards in 4.27.3.
• (3) No permit shall be issued to any operations covered by this 2.06.4 unless the Division finds. in
writing, that in addition to meeting all other requirements of the performance standards, the operations will be
conducted in accordance with the requirements of 4.27.3.
RESPONSE
Mining within the proposed permit area will be conducted by underground mining methods and will not involve
any steep slope mining or reclamation operations.
Rule 2.06.5 - Permits Incorporatine Variances from Approximate Orieinal Contour Restoration Requirements
for Steep Slone Mining.
(1) Scope. 2.06.5 applies to non mountaintop removal steep slope surface coal mining and reclamation
operations, where the operations is not to be reclaimed to achieve the approximate original contour required by
4.14.1-4.14.6 and 4.27.3.
(2) The Board or Division shall issue a permit for surface mining activities incorporating a variance
from the requirement for restoration of the affected lands to their approximate original contour only if it first finds,
in writing, that all of the following requirements are met:
(a) The applicant has demonstrated that the purpose of the variance is to make the lands to be
affected within the permit area suitable for an industrial, commercial, aaricultural, residential, or public use
postmining land use.
i(b) The proposed use. after consultation with the appropriate land -use planning agencies, if
anv, constitutes an equal or better economic or public use.
Permit Renewal No. 3 2.06-2 4/1/99