REV01569

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/6/1985
• Doc Name: FINAL ADDENDUM TO WEST ELK COAL CO APPLICATION TO REVISE PN C-007-80 TO TEMPORARILY STOCKPILE WASTE
• Type & Sequence: TR5
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Achieving Harmony with Earth
August 6, 1985
Mr. Robert Liddle STATE OFCOLeRADo
D[PARI"P; CNT Of NATURAL RESOURCES
Senior Reclamation Specialist HII IJED LAUD RECLAA1ATION
COl OradO Mlned Land Reclamation D1V1610n 423 CENTENNIAL BUILDINQ
1313 Sherman Street 1313 SHERM.4N STFlEET
OFNVE,F;, GOWRADO 8p208
Denver, Colorado 80203 pQ QQ
FiIIal Addendum t4 West Eli Coal Company'-s -
BPPlication ~ Revise Permit C-007-80
~ Temootarily Stockpile Waste Coal
Dear Mr. Liddle:
In recent days, analysis and final design work has been completed
for the proposed lower refuse pile located at West Elk Coal
Company's Mount Gunnison Mine. The pile will involve five (5)
construction phases of which the above referenced permit
application will represent Phase i. An analysis of materials
balance through the various construction phases has indicated
that the peak volume of topsoil storage through the first three
phases will be on the order of 23,300 cubic yards and the peak
volume of non-toxic soil cover storage will be on the order of
40,700 cubic yards. In order to accommodate the storage of these
volumes without multiple handling of materials, we would request
the following changes in the permit application:
1. The area currently shown as topsoil storage and storage
of non-toxic soil cover will be expanded slightly (to
1.3 acres from the original 1.2 acres) and designated
solely for topsoil storage.
2. A short section of the existing Sylvester Gulch Road
will be re-aligned involving a length on the order of
870 feet and an area on the order of 0.7 acres.
Existing grades along Sylvester Gulch Road currently
exceed 10 percent. As part of the re-alignment of
Sylvester Gulch Road, these grades will be reduced to
not more than 10 percent. The area immediately to the
west of this re-alignment will be designated as a non-
toxic soil cover storage area. This area will disturb
approximately 1.9 acres.
3. Total increases to the permit area incorporating all
changes will be 2.7 acres.
4965 North 30th Street • Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919 • (3031590-7645