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<br />•, <br />south into the east one half of [he west one half of Section 17. The lease <br />into which Bear Coal Company proposes to mine is held by ARCO. ARCO has been <br />asked to provide evidence that an agreement acceptable to the Department has <br />been reached between ARCO and Bear Coal Company to mine the lease area as <br />proposed. <br />i <br />OSM's analysis of the submission indicates that no increase in activity a[ the <br />surface facilities would occur if the proposal were approved. However, the <br />proposed mining could, if not controlled, be r_onducted in a manner which would <br />adversely affect overlying seams. The coal resources near the surface could <br />i be lost if subsidence occurred prior to mining of the overlying seams. <br />Therefore, the following special stipulation has been prepared to accompany <br />the approval: <br />I <br />i <br /> <br />"Mining will be conducted in a manner which allows no <br />subsidence affecting overlying mineable scams. Prior to <br />initiating the proposed mining, the operator shall provide <br />adequate information to show that subsidence adversely <br />affecting the mineabi.lity of the overlying seams will not <br />occur and will provide adequate bond or other equivalent <br />guarantees of performance such that adverse subsidence <br />occurring prior to mining of the upper seams will be <br />controlled using best available technology. <br />