APPCOR10968

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 8/12/1980
• Doc Name: PERMIT APPLICATION FOR ORCHARD VLY MINE COLO WESTMORELAND INC
• From: MLR
• To: PETE EVANS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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.~ enr.-.ent and °::^lani_:
(i) A detailed description of the miring method and other
r^~easur•=s tone taken :ohich may affect subsidence, including:
(A) The technicue of coal removal, such as 1one:.•a1i .~_.._..
(room and pi'iar ::ith pillar removal, hydraulic mining or ot?:er met:.ods; .~:~
~ (R) The extent, if an„ to :: hi r:, ^'anred and contro_'ied
s L'b51Cen Ce ara iAtenaed.
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~ (ii) A detailed descript.on of the meas~~res to be ta,kea to
'orecent subsidence _`roa c=us `no material da.Taca or lesseniac the .a_.._
:or rc_'J.^a=~- -0r°sc~d3Jlc' Cs° or t^e scr'ace, inc=cdir.g:
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lA) The ant_c_pa*_ed e__ects o: p'anr.ed suosidence, if ~ ,
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Me=sores, if ant, to be to?:er _'n the m_r._° to reacoe
._ IikeL~.oc~ o= subs_'deace, irciudi,-.g such measures as:
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~ (I) 3a _:aco:;inc D. b3Craill_'.. 0. L'0. d9;
(IZ)Lea:-ing support pillars o_' coal; and
(IIlr.raas in xh_c^ no coal _er..o~;a1 is Manned, _..,-'_d
.a description o_' the overlying area to ba protected by Ieav_ng co=_ in _ia_~
(C) Ale=sores to be tat:en on t.~e s:_race to prevent .--_~___
~damace or lesser._ng o_` t;:e value or roreseeable usa or the surface _nc_ud_:.
~~such measures as:
(Z) Reinfoccecent of sensit'_•re strutter es or fea tcr~,
~ (ZI) Irsrailat_or. or footers designed to reduce .. _.-=c~.
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.caused by a~over..ent;
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i (III) Ccance o_` Iocat_on r._ p_pe_ines, utility _'ines o:
~~other feat::_^es;
(IV) Re_oca t_'o.^. o_' a!o va bie _ _-o•; esents to sites out-~
~s_de the ~,,^,y-_'e-of-drai;; and
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.~ (V) ;•(on_terznc, if any, to determine the cormra::,-emant
Iand degree o` subsidence so that other appropriate .-:easures can be takz.^. c_
prevent or reduce material damage.
I (iii) A detailed descri_ction of the me_sures tc be to}:en to
mitigate the effects of any material damage or diminution o' value or
foreseeable use of lards ur!ich may occur, including one or more of the
fo1lo~ring as required by 4.I9.J:
(A) Restoration or rehabilitation of structures and
features, including approximate land-surface contours, to premining condit.c
(B) Replacement of structures destroyed by subsidence.
. (C) Purchase of structures prior to mining and restoration.
of the Iand 3rc_r subsidence to condition capable of supporting and suitable
for the strucc-n-~as and foreseeable Iand uses.