2022-08-25_PERMIT FILE - C1981012 ‎(20)‎

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/25/2022
• Section_Exhibit Name: Section 2.05 Operation and Reclamation Plan
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Section 2.05 TR-76 7/25/2022
activities on groundwater. The monitoring results for the wells will be
included in the Annual Hydrology Report.
The Annual Hydrology Report will be submitted on or before February 28 of
each year in compliance with Rule 4.05.13(4) (c). This report will compile
data collected during the previous calendar year. The analysis will include
comparisons in either a tabular or graphic form with data collected previously
and with predictions contained in the Probable Hydrologic Consequences section.
A surface water control plan has been prepared and is shown on Map 13-
Sediment and Surface Water Control Plan-East Portal and Map 14-
Sediment and Surface Water Control Plan-West Portal. This plan has
been developed and is currently in use to direct all surface waters from within
the disturbed area through sediment control structures where the water quality
can be monitored and controlled prior to discharge. The Operator currently
monitors and plans to continue to monitor the water quality as covered under the
NPDES permits during the life of the operation, Exhibit 22, NPDES Permit.
Detailed studies of the impacts and control of surface waters and their
relationship to the underground hydrologic system at the New Elk Mine are
being conducted through the monthly monitoring program. Map 8-Regional
Hydrology, shows the extensive monitoring program that the Operator is
conducting to ensure protection of the hydrologic balance at the New Elk Mine.
A spill prevention control plan has been prepared by the Operator and is on
file at the New Elk Mine. Generally, this plan calls for containing any
potential oil spills and preventing the material from reaching or coming in
contact with existing surface water. Details of the Spill Prevention Control and
Countermeasure Plan are presented in Exhibit 27, Spill Prevention Control
and Countermeasure Plan.
Disturbed area boundaries and stream buffer zones have been clearly marked
and will be maintained in accordance with Section 4.02 and 4.06 of the
CMLRD Regulation for Coal Mining. Stream buffer zone signs have been
placed in high traffic area on site and will be placed along the entire length of
the Purgatoire River within the permit boundary by December 30, 1986.
Protection of Public Parks and Historic Places
Part of the TR-76 will add a new haul road on the former C&W railbed from the mine
east to the intersection of the CP&W entrance road to the State Wildlife Area.
The entire length of the former C&W railroad grade (5LA.7112) is previously determined
eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). In 2021, a cultural
resources survey was conducted to record and evaluate the NRHP eligibility of extant
bridges and culverts along the former C&W railroad grade. Two features potentially 45
years old or older were identified within the Project area between the mine and the
intersection of the CP&W entrance road to the State Wildlife Area. Both features
(5LA.14442 and 5LA.14443) are ubiquitous corrugated metal culverts surrounded by
riprap. Both were recommended as not individually eligible for NRHP listing, as well as
non-contributing features of the NRHP-eligible C&W railroad grade. A description of
these sites is provided in the Cultural Resources report contained in Exhibit 7.
The 2021 cultural resources survey recommended the former C&W railroad grade
between Allen Mine and Madrid as eligible for NRHP listing under Criterion A for
significance in the areas of Transportation, Commerce, and Industry. The segment of the
former C&W between Allen Mine and Weston containing the haul road was found to