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amount will be based on this condition. Please be aware that if you wish to depart from this mining method and <br />create a steeper highwall, you must apply for a technical revision to the permit, and submit an appropriate bond <br />increase. The same holds true for other specific commitments of maximum disturbed acreage or revegetation. <br />Exhibit D -Reclamation Plan (Rule 6.3.4) <br />More topsoil questions: Given the depth of the existing topsoil (per Exhibit B) and the depth to be stripped and <br />salvaged (per Exhibit C), please also state what depth of topsoil you will replace on the disturbed areas during <br />reclamation. <br />The NRCS reclamation recommendations included a maximum slope specification of 2:1, though you committed to <br />3:1 maximum slope gradient elsewhere. This calls into question your commitment to follow other of the NRCS <br />recommendations, as stated below. <br />The NRCS recommendations included the statement that if less than 10 to 12 inches of topsoil is available for <br />replacement, then additional topsoil should be imported from another source. Do you commit to following that <br />NRCS recommendation? Please clarify and provide necessary details, if applicable. <br />The NRCS recommendations included specifications for fertilizer and straw mulch applications, to enhance <br />revegetation. Do you plan to follow those recommendations? Do you plan to follow the recommended seed mix? <br />Exhibit E - Minin¢ and Reclamation Maps (Rule 6.3.51 <br />I received the recent Mining Plan Map, with several features emphasized in yellow, but a couple features still <br />appear to be missing. Correlating with information requested above, please show on the map where the topsoil will <br />be stockpiled and where the processing will occur ,and where stockpiling of pitran or product will be. <br />The reclamation map was part of the initial filing in February, with no April revision. It appears adequate, but I <br />wish to make a couple comments. First, since there is no road shown, and there is no detail regarding any specific <br />area which will not be revegetated, I assume that the access road will be removed during reclamation. If this is an <br />erroneous assumption, please let me know. <br />Second, since the pit slopes are depicted so close to the permit boundary, I assume that this may be simply <br />conceptual, and that sufficient room will be left unmined along the permimeters, possibly for topsoil windrows, and <br />probably for bulldozer maneuvering. Please be reminded that all activities related to this operation (during both <br />mining and reclamation) must be carried out inside the permit boundary. <br />Exhibit I - Proof of Filing with County Clerk (Rule 6.3.9) <br />Your initial submittal included an adequate receipt from the clerk and recorder, dated February 11, 2002. All <br />additional written materials submitted for this application must also be additionally Sled, and receipts provided to <br />this office prior to the decision date. Your last packet of materials, submitted earlier this month in response to the <br />Division's February 19, 2002, letter, constitute such materials. Please ensure that you filed them with the clerk and <br />recorder and send me the receipt. Likewise, your response to this letter will constitute more material that must be <br />additionally filed with the county. Please do so, and send me the receipt. <br />Exhibit L -Permanent Mamnade Structures (Rule 6.3.12) <br />You identified an overhead electric powerline and depicted it on the map, as belonging to Public Service Company. <br />The proposed access road passes under it. Please review this rule; and provide either a notarized damage agreement <br />with PSCo, an engineering evaluation showing that no negative impact will occur to this structure, or a letter from <br />PSCo that there will be "no negative impact" on the structure. <br />Other Items <br />Please provide a notarized affidavit from the publisher of your legal notice. <br />