PERMFILE61229

• Permit No: M2002046
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 11/22/2002
• Doc Name: Amendment No. 1 to Permit Application
• From: Ephemeral Resources LLC
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

+s divided into 6 sub-areas designated as Extraction Areas
104 acres) sub-surface investigations within the
MINING PLAN -The permit area ( is g1 acres. Preliminary e 20 toot thick sand and gravel layer
ravel deposit. The averag ravel Is situated on top of a
through F• The aoeaas revea ed9he natu~e of+the 9
identified mining osit overlain with 6 feet to 12 feet of overburden. The sand and g
is in an alluvial dep er of shale. of the process will be removal of
relative flat bedrock lay ,A», The first step 33 250 cubic yards of soil will
ravel will begin in Extraction Area' 452 cubic yards, gg,202
erimeter of the mined area. The remaining
Mining of the raw sand and g „A„ in Area "F". The topsoil and
ards of topsail and overburdnorth andaweOste ly p22 lies
122,452 cubic y the east, to the west of Area
be used to construct berms along e of 3H:1V using scrapers, loaders and haul trucks and stored in slot p
ards of overourden will be stockpiled immediate y
cubic y ile s will be seeded within rocess~Miningfof the
revent erosion, the stockp { )
overburden will be removed to a slop
as previously indicated. Top 640 cubic yards. Subtracting 5% for waste leaves
establishment. All of the stockpiled overburden will ultimately be used in the reclamation p
raw sand and gravel from Area "A" will be limited to 236,
ards of sand and gravel to be sold. mined in Area "A'~~
225,000 cubic y .,A" while the resource is beinAg wily then serve as a
onion of Area ail of Area `
in area will be set up in the northern p identified extraction areas.
A stag 9 and this area has been reclaime ' ravel extraction activity. The
in and stockpile area until mining has been finished on the remaining
Once the resource is removed from Area' A" is identified for use as sand and 9
permanent stag g ermii boundary
one time will be 45 acres. of the resource Is
Approximately 81 acres of t e P
maximum area disturbed at any loaders, andlor eooto thesulsmate delivery site. Each
ravel will be conducted using rocess area, bedrock
Mining of the raw sand and g ort the resource to the p osit reaches the underfyoiz9 lately 10
not necessary Haul trucks will transp ravel up to 21 feet thick until th hdePound water tail of the mining efforts.
er of sand and g will be required as p
phase will include s onythe property have revealed that tdhe ~afe~°9 I h+g g rted approximately 1000 feet
strata. Test boring and will be transpo ermit will be required
round surface. edit hes oPthe property
feet below the um ed io existing drainag round water is Present, an NPDES (discharge) P
W ater will be P P acts to the river. ortion of
southwesterly to theedoWater wR+not create adverse imp
so that the discharg feted in Area "A", the stockpiled overburden will be used to backfill a P
roceed sequentially though the other identified extraction areas. It is
Once the resource has been dep along with the
the Area mined in "A". The mining will then P ravel will be designated as unusable and therefore will not be sot .
also expected that 5°I° of all mine h[ backntl to the extraction areas to be used for backfilling
This material will also be broug ards,
overburden material, ards of topsoil, overburden and waste material. Ot the 181,591 cubic i ment
'g" will generate181,591 cubic y ards will be used to supp
Area ` soil and 21,111 cubic yards of overburde 159 860 tuba tyr rectamationfe a+239 ~82a~ bile
ards of top 'The remaining is expected to y
1,620 cubic Y ortion of Area "C' . ravel from Area "B"
be stockpiled in the southwest p ards of sand and gravel to be sold. The 5% wwilVibe hauled
Mining of the raw sand and g as well as Areas "C" and "D"
the backfilling of Area "A"• ravel from Area "B" ro osed mining areas.
yards. Subtracting 5lo for waste 1eaThe sand and 9 is y
wilt also be used tograde Area "A' ~ 180,440 cubic
to the staging area via an existing graveled road located within the center of the p
soil, overburden, and waste mateea~~ertof the excavations
40 cubic yards of top the western p and 99.390
Area "G" will generate 180,4 for reclamation of A led in the berm, as
ards of topsoi'ewdi`nbhe southwes pe a berm aon sod was removed from. The
8,400 cubic y ortion of Area "D", The topsoil stockp
yards, fete the backfilling of Area "A' • „G„
22,000 cubic Yards will be stockp ective areas the top and in Area
cubic yards of material wilt be used to comp ards. Subtracting 5°/° for
waste material) will be used eodb3~8t~g91 ebb c°y °t the p
well as all berms, will be used in the reclamation of the resp
ards (including ,G„ is expected to y
remaining 50,650 cubic Y ravel from Area `
Mining of the raw sand and ards of sand and gravel to be sold. 316 cubic yards,
oil, overburden and waste material. Of the 1 ,
erimeter of the excavation; 46,440
waste leaves 359,947 Cubic Y ards of tops ards
the western p ravel
Area "D" will generate 188,316 cubic y Area D"• The surplus material of 133,476 cubic y
8,400 cubic yards of topsoil will be used to create a berm a ong
for backfilling and in Area "D"• Mining of the raw sand anda ds of
cubic yards will be stockpiled in Area "F" " 5°~° for waste leaveo~a The mirre i p t slopes
will be used to backfill the botto ardst Subtracting
(including waste) ected to yield 491,260 cubic y „D„ will be reclaimed asap 2002
from Area D" is exp Revised October
sand and gravel to be sold. Area "C" combined with Area