REV07487

• Permit No: C1984065
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/7/1996
• Doc Name: COAL RIDGE 1 MINE PN C-83-065 PERMIT RENEWAL 03
• From: DMG
• To: BARBARA PAVLIK
• Type & Sequence: RN3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Nalu ral Resources
1313 Sherman 51.. Room 215
Denver, Colorado A0203
Phone: [phone]
FA%:13031 832 8106
DATE: June 7, 1996
TO: Barbara Pavlik /~
FROM: Dan Mathews
RE: Permit Renewal No. RN-03
Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine (C-84-065)
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Ruy Romer
Governor
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E~rc ulrce Director
nlic hael A. Long
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Per your request I reviewed permit materials on file at the
Garfield County Courthouse on May 21, 1996. Materials I reviewed
included Technical Revision No. 12 (Bond Release Issues), the
November, 1992, Findings Document, the 1994 and 1995 Annual
Reclamation Reports, recent Division inspection reports, and the
permit application package. I also conducted a field inspection.
My review focused on compliance with Rules 2.04.9, 2.04.10,
2.04.12, 2.05.3(4), and 2.05.4(2)(e). I identified no concerns
with respect to soils resource information, prime farmland
investigation, or topsoil removal and storage. The only concern I
have with respect to topsoil replacement is in regard to the small
pile (probably 50 cubic yards) of topsoil which remains on the
upper portion of the reclaimed east portal bench slope, mentioned
in recent inspections. This soil material needs to be properly
graded to blend in with the adjacent terrain, seeded, and mulched.
I do have several concerns related to revegetation and the
postmining land use. These concerns are listed below.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
1. Rule 2.05.4(2)(e)(v) requires a description of "irrigation, if
appropriate and pest and disease control measures, if any."
Various sections of the permit application indicate that the lower
portion of the reclaimed area below the terraces was seeded with an
irrigated hayland mix and would be managed as irrigated cropland.
However there is no discussion of proposed irrigation and cropping
management for the area, and at the time of my inspection the area
was not being irrigated and apparently had not been irrigated this
spring. Page 4-57 of the application indicates that "the operator
initially planned to irrigate the dryland area late in 1995 to
assist in vegetation establishment", but because of the wet spring