2020-10-22_PERMIT FILE - C1981012A ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1981012A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/22/2020
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plan
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

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on one's own surface is exempt from that requirement provided that the site
complies with State regulations and is not a public nuisance. For mine -related
activities these activities are regulated through the Division of Reclamation,
Mining, and Safety mine permitting process.
Disposal areas are shown on Map 15 - Surface Disturbance/Post Mining Land
Use East Portal and Map 16 - Surface Disturbance/Post Mining Land Use West
Portal. Each disposal site will comply with Section 4.11.4, and will be located to
ensure that leachate and surface runoff do not degrade surface or ground water,
fires are prevented and that the area remains stable and suitable for reclamation
compatible with the natural surroundings. Waste material buried on-site will be
compacted and covered with a minimum of two foot of soil medium.
Sediment control structures and surface drainage ditches, which are required to
route water to the sediment ponds, will be left intact during the revegetation
period. The purpose for leaving the ponds intact will be to meet the requirements
of Rule 4.05.6(9). After vegetation has been established sufficient to control
erosion, NECC plans to remove sediment pond 007, pond 001 (mine water pond),
pond 6 (prep plant pond) and pond 5(reclaimed).
(b) Reclamation Cost Estimate
A detailed reclamation cost breakdown is provided in Exhibit 28 - Bonding
Calculation, for the New Elk Mine. Costs are provided for removal of all
facilities and reclamation of all disturbed areas at the New Elk mine.
Structures and Roads Retained to Support Post -Mining Land Use
New Elk Coal Company, as the permittee and the surface owner (excluding pond
004 and the DWP on lands owned by Colorado Parks and Wildlife), requests that
the following facilities and roads will be retained to support post -mining land use.
The coal lab and ambulance garage are sound structures and suitable for such post
mining uses as an office and storage facility for land management. The two
existing river crossings at the New Elk Mine and the roads servicingthese
hese
crossings will remain in place for landowner access to the south side of the
Purgatoire River. The walkway crossing the river near the pumping station will
be removed. The flume, located beneath the walkway, a prelaw structure used to
implement water rights, will remain.
The following roads and their associated culverts will be retained for post mining
land use management and fire protection:
• The RDA Access/haul road
• The main Access Road from Highway 12 to the Coal Lab,
Section 2.05 RN -6 10/17/2016