APPCOR13417

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 9/27/1979
• Doc Name: COLO WESTMORELAND ORCHARD VLY MINE CO 0012
• From: OSM
• To: COLO WESTMORELAND INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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olorado Westmoreland, Inc. -5-
The permanent revcl;etatton prograio should be more clearly identified.
The proposed seeding mix has not been Jemons[ra[ed [o comply w1[h [he
regulatluus nor have adequate criteria been given [o Identify mulching
techniques at the times of fLnal. reclamation. Methods [o measure
revegetatlon success have not been identified. The soil testing plan
should be detailed. The bonding estimates should be revised to Include
backfllling and grading. The application should contain a demonstration
[ha[ [he waste materials are not potentially toxic-forming materials.
16. With respect [o Section 784.14, provide report(s) on results uF
monitoring discussions and sedimentation ponds. Provide adequate
justification of effects on hydrologic balance iF diversions and ponds
are retained as is proposed. 41hen discussing monitoring, [hc plan, under
•Section 784.14 refers b:u k to Sec[Lon 784.12, which then refers to
Section 784.14. Plrase de:;crlbe muni[orini; explici[l}'. The need for
further hydrologic analyses WLLL depend nu the maturlal submitted !n
response [o previously ltstrd Items. CLarify location of straw dikes and
dr.scrlho measures undr~rtnkrn to create and man for [hu vegetnCive buffers
(Map 13).
27. Pursuant to Section 784.2U, and 03:1's 1rrCtrr rn Cr.l of Septe:nbcr 14,
1979, provide currant results of subsidence mensoroinonts and n( general
subsidence theory to pro jest naCu rr and cr.tent and tnipac[ ui (roc to res
expected Co develop over p.uiels and, u][imatrly, mains. Felate these
projections Co structures, if anv, and rruewuble resource Lands,
(ncluding streams .vul overloud flow systems. Identify proposed
subsidence nwnl[oring program.
28. Identify disposition procedures, includlnl~ lnea[Inn of land fill and
status of applicable licenses therefore, fur non-coal. wastes.
29. Provide status report on ClJ['s efforts to reduce noise levels at [he mine
site including [he coal loadou[. Lden[t[y ambient sound lev els without
the mine, the impacts of the facllLt Les nn noise levels and mi[tga tl on
measure::. The analysis should Cake Into account the noise Impacts uC
warnl ng do vices on equipment.
30. Provide schedules for conveyor system to replace [ruck haul, lE such
conveyor is supposed [o he considered by the regulatory authorities
during the proposed permit term.
31. Pursuant [n Section 734.26, provide results of monL[ortng.
32. Pursua n[ Co ;r r_[Lun 7g ±.79, and s(ncc purl ions of thr_ North Fork Rlvcr
a re•llknly alluvial valley floors, [h r. text should idrn[i(y any affects
expected to he causrd by ~nlnLtg on [he essrn[tnl hydrologic functions of
the 1JorLh Fork Volley. Thr analysts should Sdrnt(fy farinlnti activities
in [he areas Lhat could he a((ec [ed. The :uialys L•: should, a[ this s[nge,
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