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Ms. Susan l3urgmaicr <br />November I, 1995 <br />3 <br />6-21-95 WHE backfilled area scnlcd.. section 006-NE I appears as a gully 2d l0 36 <br />inches deep anJ needs mamtcnancc. <br />9-1495 LPR ...ii appears impacts io undisturbed areas could be minimtzcd by <br />continuing to direct runoff down the road ditch and down the rock <br />Imed channel on the rcclaimcd 6 pit. <br />9-27-95 SLI4 ...one other item of concern is the constructed channel which runs <br />roughly parallel to the rcclaimcd highwall....ihc operator should look <br />into This discrepancy, and inform the division... <br />NOV issued 10-16-95 <br />10-19-95 ESC no erosion feawres wcrc noted in this backfillcd area. <br />Abatement options <br />For twelve months we wcrc Icd to believe the postminc contours and drainage channels <br />wcrc OK--based on the monthly DMG inspections. Suddenly they arc not. ~~re submitted <br />the Rill and Gully report noting that erosion occured and stating we would put rip-rap in <br />this channel. We placed the rip-rap to minimize further erosion which proved successful. <br />Now it is not approved. Please consider vacating the violation because it is untimely and <br />poorly executed. <br />We agree that the existing conditions do not match the approved postmining topography <br />and drainage plan. However, the existing configuration will not have an adverse effect on <br />the hydrologic balance of this area. In order to abate the violation by constructing the <br />postmining topography and permanent drainage channels per the approved reclamation <br />plan, would result in a massive carthtnoving project which would be detrimental to the <br />reclamation work already completed. Also, comments mentioned in the October and <br />November 1994 inspections state that the arcs rcclaimcd blends well with the surrounding <br />undisturbed topography. For abatement we would rather submit a permit revision <br />addressing the postmining topography based on dtc existing conditions. <br />,.Syinyc~e(r~ely~, ~ ~ ~Q ~~ <br />Michael G. Altavilla, P.E. <br />Engineering Manager <br />CC: G. Wendt. (PWCC) <br />w/Enclosures <br />