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• steel scrap which is of value within these structures and remove them from the mine site. Materials which can not be salvaged such as concrete and rebar, insulation, and non-recycIabie steel and metal siding will be disposed of on-site within the mine disturbance area. A minor amount of structural wood products may also be included. • Las Animas County officials referred PPLLC to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPH&E). Solid waste disposal is regulated by (CDPH&.E) and requires a certificate of designation for each solid waste disposal site. However the CAPH&E Web-site stated and CDPH&E personnel confirmed that fot any person or other non-governmental unit disposing of one's own waste on one's own surface is exempt from that requirement provided that the site complies with State regulations and is not a pubfie nuisance. For mine related activities these activities are regulated through the Division of Minerals and Geology mine permitting process. Disposal areas are shown on Map 15 -Surface Distnrbance/Post Mining fend Use East Portal end Map 16 - Surface DistarbanceJPost Mining Land Use West Portal. Each disposal site wiU comply with Section 4.11.4, and will be tooted to ensure that leachate and surface runoff do not degrade surface or ground water, fires are prevented and that the area remains stable and suitable for reclamaiion compatible with the natural surroundings. Waste material buried on-site will be compacted and covered with a minimum of two foot of soil medium. Sediment cool structures and surface drainage ditches which are required to mute water to the sediment ponds wilt be let} intact during the revegetation period. The purpose for leaving the ponds intact will be to meet the requirements of Rule 4.05.6(9). After vegetation has been established sufficient to control erosion, PPLLC glans to remove the sediment ponds. (b) Reclamation Cost Estimate A detailed reclamation cost breakdown is provided in EzLibft 28 -Bonding Calculation, for the New Elk Mine. Costs are provided for removal and reclamation of all facilities at the New Elk Mine. Strnetarea and Roads Retained to Support Post Mining Land Use Picketwire Processing, ass the Permittee and the surface owner, requests that the following facilities and made will be retained to support post-mining land use. The coal lab and ambulance garage are sound structures and suitable for such post mining uses as an office and storage facility for ]and management The two existing river crossings at the New Elk Mine and the roads servicing these crossings will remain in place for landowner access to the south side of the Purgatoire River. The walkway crossing the river near the pwnping station will be removed. The flume, located beneath the walkway, a prelaw structure used to implement water rights, will remain Tius request also includes that the following roads and their associated culverts will be retained for post mining land use management and lire protection: We RDA Access Road, the main Access Road from Highway 22 to the Cosi Lab, the East Access Road from Highway 12 across • TR-48 Page 2.05-45 (Revised 3/9/06)