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BRL proposes to create a planar coal stockpile pad to accommodate 3.i 0, 000 tons of coal <br />storage immediately above Old State Highway 133. This excavation will result in the <br />creation of nn approximately .i00 foot long, pie-x~edge shaped, steepened czu slope from <br />0'to .i0' in Neigh[. This cut slope is immediately above the proposed storuge pad and <br />immediately below the haul road. In addition, a fill area bordering Old F/ighway 133 is <br />also planned BRL should provide a complete stability analysis report for the cut slope <br />and the fill slope to demonstrate that they will be stable during operation and following <br />reclamation. <br />The Division has no further concerns. The two page introduction to the Terracon report, <br />described in item number 2 above, satisfied the Division's concerns about engineering <br />evaluations and reporting procedures during excavation work. <br />4. In order to accommodate the coal storage pad, BRL proposes [o relocate Pond B to a <br />location on the down slope side of Old State Highway 133. It appears that the up slope <br />portion will be excavated while the down slope earthen embankment will be super <br />elevated above the existing topography. BRL should provide a complete stability analysis <br />report for bosh the cut slope and embankment to demonstrate that they will remain stable <br />during operation and following reclamation. Test pits maybe required to verify that <br />similar materials have previously been collected for mechanical analysis in the <br />laboratory. <br />The Division has no further concerns. The two page introduction to the Terracon report, <br />mentioned in item number 2 above, satisfied the Division's concerns. Also, in that same <br />introduction, BRL committed to providing test boring analyses of the proposed relocated <br />pond B subsurface soils before disturbance of that area. <br />Hvdroloev <br />8. Please provide a detailed demonstration and a discussion in the probable hydrologic <br />consequences section of the permit application that the alluvial ground water will be <br />protected from contamination from the proposed coal stockpile. <br />The Division has no further concems. The probable hydrologic consequences section, <br />concerning ground water contamination, has been updated. BRL demonstrated that the <br />conductivity of the alluvial ground water is higher than the predicted conductivity of the <br />leachate from the proposed coal stockpile. Also, BRL showed that the quality of the coal <br />stockpile leachate and gob pile leachate would not have a significant impact to the water <br />quality of the river. The submittal dated October 4, 1999 contained revised pages 2.05-75 <br />