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within one working week after completion of each excavation. " Finally, because the Terracon report concludes that the transfer station excavation has the lowest slope safety factor of the three areas examined, and, because there are surface water drainage channels located upgradient and to the east of the excavation, the Division would like BRL to add a condition to the permit revision, either as a commitment added to the text of the permit application or as a stipulation attached to the approval of PR-03. This condition would be as follows: "BRL is to provide designs and implement construction jor the drainage channels immediately above and to the east of the proposed tz•nnsfer strztcture excavation, as shown on proposed Map No. I S-2, [ha[ would prevent infrltration from those ditches, causing deterioration of the cut slope. " 3. BRL proposes to create a planar coal stockpile pad to accommodate 30.000 tons of coal storage immediately above Old State Highway 133. This excavation will result in the creation of an approximately 500 foot long, pie-wedge shaped, steepened cut slope from 0'to 50' in height. This cut slope is immediately above the proposed storage pad and immediately below the haul road. In addition, a fill area bordering Old Highway 133 is also planned. BRL should provide a complete stability analysis report jor the cut slope and the fill slope to demonstrate that they will be stable during operation and following reclamation. The Terracon geotechnical stability report included geotechnical stability designs for the coal stockpile pad cut slope and fill slope. The Division has reviewed these designs and found that the designs demonstrate that the cut and fill slopes associated with the proposed coal stockpile pad will be geotechnically stable during operation and afer reclamation. However, the condition stated in item number 2 above, concerning the engineer's evaluations, would apply to the coal stockpile pad cut slope and fill as well. 4. In order to accommodate the coal storage pad, BRL proposes to relocate Pond B to a location on the down slope side of Old State Highway 133. It appears [hat the up slope portion will be excava[ed while the down slope earthen embankment will be super elevated above the existing topography. BRL should provide a complete stability analysis repor[ for both the cut slope and embankment to demonstrate that they will remain stable during operation and following reclamation. Test pits may be required to verify that similar materials hove previously been collected for mechanical analysis in the laboratory. BRL submitted the Terracon geotechnical stability report in order to answer this question. The Division has reviewed this report. In the Terracon report, it is stated that "As previously discussed, geotechnical exploration has not apparently been completed at the