PERMFILE67353

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.06 Requirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Sarvrt - 2.06.5
the pre-disturbance configuration relative to both overall slope stability and drainage. In addition,
these areas offer several benefiu relative to the postmining land use including:
• Vehicle pullout and turn-around areas along the existing narrow access roads
• Slope breaks to limit overland flow, flow velocities, and resultant erosion from upslope azeas
• Loading, unloading, and camp areas for livestock perrnittees
The final site, the slope above the Sanbom Creek portal face-up area, is now part of the road cut
slope for the pemtartent road that will connect the Sanbom Creek road and old State I-pighway 133.
Tltis site is and has been stable for some time in its present configuration and areas above the existing
highwall slope will not be disturbed.
Drainage from all of the subject sites will be maintained or improved by establishing the proposed
postminirtg configurations. Suspended solids contributions will be equal to or less than those
associated with the premututg configuration and overall watershed characteristics flow patterns, and
flow volumes will not be significantly altered. The existing or proposed postmining configuration of
these areas and associated reclamation measures are consistent with the intent and regtriremenu of
Rule 4.27.4 and there are no plans to remove or replace additional spoil materiak in these areas.
The Lower Hubbard and Beaz Creek ventilation facilities sites are on Federal lands, administered by
the Bureau of Land Management. The surface disturbances associated with the reclaimed sites are
authorized by the BLM under BLM Right-of-Way COG41183. Landowner approvals required under
this section are documented by the following letters, copies of which are included in Exhibit 2.03-E 1,
Ownership and Right of Entry Documentation:
• BLM to Sotnetset Muting Company, dated May 25, 1994
• BLM to DMG, dated February 23, 1996
• Hotchkiss Ranches letter, dated February 20, 1996
Some of the Bear Canyon degassification well sites and the Sanbom Creek portal face-up area are
owned by the OMI. OMI has previously requested and obtained approval of a variance to
regturemenu for restoration of approximate original contour for all four sites. All of the subject sites
have been or will be reclaimed to the proposed postmining land use of undeveloped lands.
2.06.6 -Prime Farmlands
As previously noted in Section 2.04.12, Prime Farmland Investigauon, no lands fitting the regulatory
definition of prime farmlands have been identified in the permit or adjacent areas. The provisions of
this sub-section are, therefore, not applicable.
2.06.7 - Variance for Delay in Contemporaneous Reclamation Requirements in
Combined Surface and Underground Mining Operations
As previously described tinder Section 2.06.4, Steep Slope Mining, OMI has not and has no current
plans to implement or conduct stri-face mining or reclamation practices in conjunction with ongoing
underground mining and related operations. In addition, most of the currently disttrbed surface areas
and associated surface facilities will continue to be rued over the life of the underground operations
and OMI will not contemporaneously reclaim these areas as mining progresses. The provisions of
this sub-section are, therefore, not apphcable.

PR04 2.06-2 Revised August 2000