2014-05-12_PERMIT FILE - C2010089 ‎(8)‎

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/12/2014
• Doc Name: Approved Well Permits
• Section_Exhibit Name: Appendix 2.05.6‎(3)‎-4
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Ms. Megan Sullivan
February 14, 2012
Page 2
change as mining progresses. In an e -mail dated July 15, 2011 from Jeff Deatherage to
Wayne Schieldt regarding these permit applications, Mr. Deatherage stated:
The well permit application does not need to identify a specific point location
for the dewatering, but should indicate the section, township, and range of the
DBMS permitted site and include a map showing the boundaries of the
DRMS permit. The map must also identify the present and future locations
of the dewatering pit/trench within the DRMS permitted site, the location of
pumping equipment, and the location of discharge to a stream drainage.
If the mining operation will have multiple active mining pits /trenches at one
time with multiple sumps or pumps at these sites, then each active mining pit
with a sump /pump would need to obtain a individual well permit. I believe all
non - contiguous mining sites should also require a separate well permit.
Based on this guidance, the well permits are for the current and planned future mining
areas within the DRMS permit boundaries and are not specific to one single point. We
have included maps of each of the planned mining areas showing the DRMS permit
boundaries, and the planned mining areas. As described above, the locations of the
dewatering pumps will change within the mine permit boundaries as mining progresses.
The water pumped from the mines will be discharged to Pond Nos. 13 or 15 for the New
Horizon 2 Mine or other future planned ponds at the New Horizon North Mine, which are
shown in Figures 1 and 2. Water will discharge from those ponds to local drainages.
New Horizon 2 Mine
The well permit application for the New Horizon 2 Mine is specifically for current and
future mine areas, and does not include historical mine areas because ground water will
not be intercepted in historical mine areas. The mine permit boundary for current and
future mine areas at the New Horizon 2 Mine are shown as the colored cross - hatched area
in Figure 1. The specific location presented on the permit application is the location of
the current dewatering pump.
New Horizon North Mine
The New Horizon North Mine is a future planned mine area, which Western Fuels
intends to mine starting in 2012. The well permit is for the entire mine permit area shown
in Figure 2. The actual footprint of the mine excavation areas are also presented on
Figure 2. We have not specified a dewatering pump location because mining and
dewatering activities are not yet occurring at that mine site.
New Horizon Mine Pond No. 12
New Horizon Mine Pond No. 12 is an existing pond located at the New Horizon 2 Mine,
which intercepts ground water. Beneficial uses of water from the New Horizon Mine
Pond No. 12 do not occur. Based on guidance provided from your office, we have used
the gravel pit well permit application, form no. GWS -27 for the pond. Evaporative
depletions from the pond are covered in the SWSP request.