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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1981012A
IBM Index Class Name
Permit File
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8/20/2018
Section_Exhibit Name
Section 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plan
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52 <br />indicated that approximately 50 feet of water is available in that area of the mine <br />pool for return to the prep plant. Initial makeup water will be the water already in <br />the Prep Plant obtained from the Purgatoire River from the Applicant's existing <br />water rights. The method to be used to dewater the refuse fines is to pump the <br />water back to the Prep Plant from NEW -4. <br />Hydrologic impacts and monitoring are described under Section 2.05.6. <br />2.05.4 Reclamation Plan <br />Timetable <br />Operations at the New Elk Mine facility are ongoing since the New Elk Mine has <br />been reopened. The exact timetable for reclamation activities is dependent on <br />coal production and marketing, which is impossible to predict. <br />Many of the obsolete facilities at the West Portal have been reclaimed. The East <br />Portal facilities are in the process of being upgraded in anticipation of renewed <br />coal production from the New Elk Mine at both the East Portal and Bates Portal. <br />The RDA is the only facility at the New Elk Mine requiring contemporaneous <br />reclamation as respective benches are completed. Seeding and mulching is <br />required by the first planting season after bench completion and topsoiling. <br />Should the RDA require reclamation prior to reaching its full design capacity, an <br />alternative final reclamation plan will be developed and submitted as a technical <br />revision. Drainage on the upper bench is designed to direct drainage away from <br />the front slope and toward the back and side perimeter ditches, eventually <br />channeling the water to the armored down -drains and to pond 8. Slopes will be <br />minimized while positive drainage maintained. This will significantly reduce <br />erosion and sediment accumulation in Pond 8 while preparing the RDA for final <br />cover and topsoil. <br />A listing of all facilities and structures to be ultimately removed at the New Elk <br />Mine can be found in Exhibit 28, Bond Calculations. The operator plans to <br />salvage all iron and steel scrap, which is of value within these structures and <br />remove them from the mine site. Materials which can not be salvaged such as <br />concrete and rebar, insulation, and non -recyclable steel and metal siding will be <br />disposed of on-site within the mine disturbance area. A minor amount of <br />structural wood products may also be included. <br />Las Animas County officials referred the operator to the Colorado Department of <br />Public Health and Environment (CDPH&E). Solid waste disposal is regulated by <br />CDPH&E and requires a certificate of designation for each solid waste disposal <br />site. However the CDPH&E web -site stated, and CDPH&E personnel confirmed, <br />that for any person or other non-governmental unit disposing of one's own waste <br />Section 2.05 RN -6 10/17/2016 <br />
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