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• and-till reclamation of tbz I ~ ~0-faot loma initial cut. This is nz~zssar. to procidz for thz <br />initial cuts reclamation m the zvznt the southern ridue isn~t mined..tnd spoil from the <br />northern ridgz is insuftlcient to backtill the cut duz to its placemznt in zxcess spoil oils i)r <br />in thz backfill ofthe northern rid~z~s reclamation. <br />Response <br />/FX ~ ~ <br />Y ~ ~3Iq'I The response to this commznt +vill be answered in a future submittal. <br />~. The applicants responsz states "The berm will be a minimum of 1 ~ fzet wide from the <br />D~ outcrop, in areas not bounded by thz outcrop". What will the bemt's hzi_ht be? What does <br />"in areas not bounded b.' fills' mean'? Are these the areas on the reclaimed hillslopes <br />between the exczss spoil piles. or [hz areas overlain by the spoil pilzs, or the areas above the <br />tops of the proposed spoil pi[es'? areas of fill between the spoil piles uuuld still need the <br />berm. <br />Response <br />The berms will be a minimum of ~ feet hieh. and will be loca[zd along the surface mine <br />perimeter in areas +vhere tills do not extend below the lowest coal seam ro be mined. Page <br />2.0~-10 has been revised ro include [his intormation. <br />\„ 72r Thz applicants response is inadzquate. The Division requests thz applicant providz a copy <br />~P~ of thz plan appro+zd be \ISH.', for the stora,e and/or disposal of coal mtne waltz into <br />_ -p~ ~7 abandonzd ++orkings. This plan should ha+e included the elzmznts dzscribed in Section <br />(;~"- , Z.0~.3(al of thz Board's Rzgulations. <br />STEP <br />Rzsponsz <br />.after contractors have been selzc[ed. LCC «ill submit a plan to \ISHA. <br />Rule 2.0.3(3) i\~line Facilities <br />Under this section. all responses +vere found adequate except as listed below. <br />73. The applicants response is inadzquatz. Firs[. the applicant should add .t fe+v words to the <br />"Loadout F'acility` section of the application (application pagz 2.0~-30) to includz the <br />breaker facilit. Figure ?.0~.~-1 ~ should also be revised to include the breaker facilit. <br />D~ _ <br />Second. the applicant acknowledges in its response that coal processing waste +ci11 bz <br />generated at this loadout breaker facilit. As such. designs for a processing coal +vaste bank. <br />developed in accordancz +vith Section =t.10. must be provided at this time. The Division <br />cannot approve an application for an operation that proposes to gzneratz coal processing <br />«aste without approving plans for the disposal and reclamation of that ++astz. <br />• <br />l0 <br />