APPCOR11627

• Permit No: C1981053
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 7/16/1986
• Doc Name: BLUE FLAME COAL MINE APPLICATION FORM
• To: MLRD
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mr. Peter O'Connor -2- July 14, 1986
Therefore, Blue Flame Coal Mine is not sure exactly where the plastic water
tank will be placed all of the time. However, the tank will be located
near loadout facilities and the water stored will be used for spraying the
coal down to eliminate coal dust in the tricks.
3. Blue Flame Coal Mine accepts the suggestion that Blue Flame Coal Mine revise
the sediment pond sediment disposal scenario. Rather than disturbing new
areas to the south and west of the proposed pond, the Division has suggested
that sediment removed from the sediment pond be placed in an unused portion
of the mine bench area. Blue Flame Coal Mine has depicted the revised loca-
tion of the sediment disposal area on Map 1. If, and when sediment is to be
disposed of, it will be deposited and then used during the reclart~ation process.
At this time Blue Flame Coal is unable to determine the quality of the soil.
However, if sediment removal is necessary, Blue Flame Coal will have the soil
tested to determine its quality. If it is of an adequate quality to be used
during retopsoiling, Blue Flame Coal Mine will use this sediment to retopsoil.
Fbwever, if the quality of the soil is deficient, Blue Flame Coal Mine will
use this material as a subbase for the reclamation process.
2.04.11 Fish and Wildlife Resources
'T'hank you for informing Blue Flame Coal Mine the Division has received cormients
from the Division of Wildlife to satisfy your earlier concerns.
2.04.3 Operation Planned Permit Area
All explosives and related items are to be stored undergound and will be sub-
jected to change of location during mining operations. Therefore, the location
of the explosive storage area is not depicted on Map 1 and shall not be addressed
in the text. According to the Division of Mines, 125 pounds of explosives may be
stored in an appropriate container inside the mine. Since this is the mute
that Blue Flame Coal Mine will take, Blue Flame Coal Mine feels that it is un-
necessary to depict its location on Map 1 and address it in the text.
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2.0~ ~' R' clamation Plan
1. The anticipated depth of soil medium to be salvaged from the proposed sedi-
ment pond is four feet. The depth of topsoil to be used in the reclamation
of the sediment pond will be twenty inches. In a personal conversation with
the Soil Conservation Service, ibug Ramsey and I discussed the depth of the
topsoil in the introduced pasture type soil. This soil is known specifically
as transitional between V4-CD and soil type N2-E. It has been determined by
the SCS that the V4-CD soil type can be tens of feet thick but in the case of
this transitional soil environment, topsoil depth is probably limited to the
first six feet. The Soil Conservation Service has also noted favorable con-
ditions for reclaiming when the depth of topsoil replaced in this transi-
tional environment is between 20 to 24 inches thick. Therefore, Blue Flame
Coal Mine will excavate 48 inches of topsoil during construction, will stock-
pile the soil marking it with wooden posts painted red and will then reclaim
the sediment pond with 20 inches of the initially removed topsoil, leaving
the rest for incorporation into the total reclamation plan.