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Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />October 13, 2016 <br />Page 5 <br />Response: Mr. Guire's property is currently irrigated with siderolls. <br />7. Proposed page 6 indicates a portion of the ASF parcels will be retained as an access road. <br />In accordance with Rule 4.03.2(1)(g)(i), this road must comply with the applicable <br />performance standards. Please submit the applicable designs for this road in accordance <br />with Rule 2.05.3 (3) (c) (vii) and Rule 4.03.2. <br />Response: The term "access road" as proposed under TR -75 is not the same as the <br />definition of access roads as provided by Rule 1.04(111)(b). The term "access" should be <br />defined for this purpose as a road to provide "access to" the surface owner's property, to <br />support the postmine land use in accordance with Rule 1.04(71). These road(s) will not be <br />designed (Rule 2.05.3(3)(c)(vii) and 4.03.2) by Elk Ridge, and these roads will be located <br />and built at the discretion of the surface property owner to "access" and support the <br />adjacent postmine land use in accordance with Rule 1.04(71). To eliminate any confusion <br />for the Division, the word "access" has been removed from Section 2.05.4(2)(e), 2.5, page <br />6. <br />8. Please clarify what condition or configuration the staging and storage areas within the <br />ASF parcels shall be left in. Please demonstrate how these areas will be stabilized to <br />prevent erosion and offsite sedimentation in accordance with Rule 4.05.1(4). <br />Response: The proposed staging and storage areas are reclaimed topsoil stockpiles that <br />have been reseeded to the approved permanent seed mixture. They are also contained with <br />the primary sediment control system and watershed for Pond 007; therefore, they already <br />meet the requirements of Rule 4.05.1(4). Elk Ridge has taken erosion and sediment control <br />a step further on its own initiative, and installed straw wattles around the proposed staging <br />and storage areas. These straw wattles have been inspected by Mr. Brock Bowles <br />previously during the SL -18 bond release inspection that occurred on April 12, 2016. <br />9. Map 2.05.4-5 has been revised and the irrigation pipelines are no longer shown on the <br />map. In accordance with Rule 2.10.3(1)(e) please delineate these pipelines on the revised <br />map. <br />Response: Map 2.05.3(3)-3 depicts all the irrigation pipelines at the New Horizon Mine as <br />approved under TR -73 on September 14, 2016. The requested pipeline will not be shown <br />on two maps, and will only be shown on Map 2.05.3(3)-3. <br />10. Proposed revised page 8 and 22 regarding the Lloyd property indicates the irrigation <br />design provides a total Irrigated Pasture area of 25.62 acres; however, proposed revised <br />map 2.05.4-5 indicated that only 13.35 acres will be reclaimed to irrigated pasture. Please <br />explain this discrepancy. <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER <br />A Touchstone Energy' Cooperative <br />