2018-03-07_REVISION - C1981038 (3)

Home Browse Search

Clayton Wein -2- February 28, 2018 Com- RMS - Please review the maps in Volumes 7 and Volume 9 of the permit and update the maps related to section 2.03 as necessary to reflect any changes that may have occurred. BRL— Revised Volume 7, Map 01 and Volume 9, Maps 9-2 and 9-5 are enclosed. 4. DRMS - The Insurance Certificate for the Bowie No. I Mine Expires on February 1, 2018. Please provide the Division with a copy of the new Insurance Certificate. BRL—An updated insurance certificate has been transmitted to DRMS under separate cover. 5. DRMS - During the Months of August 2017 and October 2017, six of the sediment ponds at the Bowie No. I Mine were backfilled, regraded and seeded. Bin wall Ponds I through 4 and the Waste Pile Pond were removed at the East Mine, and the ROM Pond was removed at the ROM Pile Area. These ponds were included in the Phase I request for the SL -6 Bond Release Application. The SL -6 Application is currently under review by the Division and has completed the Adequacy Review process. There are two sediment ponds located at the Paonia Loadout and two ponds that remain in place at the West Mine. According to the reclamation plan in the C-1981-038 Permit, these four ponds will be included in future reclamation activities. BRL — No comment required. DRMS - Please review Section 2.04.11 of the permit (Volume I and Volume 7) and update as necessary. Please ensure that the Threatened and Endangered Species list is updated if necessary. BRL — A threatened and endangered inventory was prepared for the mine and loadout. The report was transmitted by letter dated December 1, 2015. The report is located in Volume 9A, Fish and Wildlife Tab. Page 2.04-31 was amended to direct the reader to the location of the ME inventory. The consumptive water use was also updated on page 2.04-31. C7�DIVIRS -The reclamation plan in Volume 7, for the Paonia Loadout, requires additional information relating to reclamation activities remaining at the site. The 4,600 volt substation, the tunnel under the Black Bridge Road, the metering point on Stevens Gulch Road, the segment of the Farmer's Ditch in the culvert, the two sediment ponds, and the trail trestle over the North Fork of the Gunnison River have been main concerns included in comment letters to the Division. Please update the Reclamation Plan in Volume 7 to include in depth detail about the reclamation activities to occur at the Paonia Loadout. Please include a time table for reclamation activities that have already occurred and future activities that have yet to occur at the site.