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<br />Division finds that the following <br />ensure the minimization of impacts <br /> <br />stipulation is necessary to <br />to the hydrologic balance: <br />WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF PERMIT ISSURANCE, THE PERMITTEE MUST <br />SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE DIVISION TO INSTALL OR CONSTRUCT A LINER <br />IN THE SEDIMENT POND BELOW THE COAL PROCESSING WASTE <br />EMBANKMENT THAT WILL MINIMIZE SEEPAGE LOSSES FROM THE <br />SEDIMENT POND. THE PERMITTEE MUST OBTAIN DIVISION APPROVAL <br />OF THIS PLAN WITHIN 9 MONTHS AFTER PERMIT ISSUANCE." <br />SRM Response: <br />An emergency spillway design for sediment pond "A" is shown on <br />Figure 4.2-22. Storm King Mines will design a liner for the <br />sediment pond below the coal processing refuse embankment that <br />will minimize seepage losses from the sediment pond. This design <br />will be submitted to the Division for approval and inclusion in <br />the permit documents within 6 months of permit issuance. <br />MLR Comment: <br />"Water Rights and Replacement <br />The Storm King Mine is proposed as a hydraulic mining operation. <br />As such, the operation requires large quantities of water for <br />operations such as cutting of the coal, use in slurry lines, and <br />transporting fine refuse to the waste site. The operation has <br />facilities designed to process and recirculate the majority of <br />water required for the operation. The water circulation is <br />designed as a closed-system with the major water loss occurring <br />through evaporation, adhesion to coal and refuse, and by seepage <br />underground during mining. The application projects that water <br />loss through these processes will require a make-up of <br />approximately 600 acre-feet of water annually to the system. <br />The Storm Ring Mine has acquired water rights more than <br />sufficient to augment their annual projected water loss. <br />There is one drainage in the permit area which will be dammed by <br />the refuse embankment. The refuse embankment is designed as a <br />total containment structure for the probable maximum <br />precipitation (PMP). The permittee has not submitted any <br />application for water rights from this drainage. Therefore, the <br />following stipulation is required. <br />StlAUlation No. 6 <br />WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE WILL <br />