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Jim Stark <br />March 18, 2002 <br />Page 2 <br />20. Because the mine is currently being reclaimed and the facilities are being demolished and <br />the entire area is being backfilled and regraded, the operator needs to relocate all required <br />records to a location that is accessible to the public. <br />Response: <br />EFCI will relocate all required records for public inspection at its new office location in <br />Florence, CO. The new office address is shown on a revised page 2 of the Application for a <br />Permit Renewal, RN-03 . The current applicant/operator address is revised as well. Copies <br />of the revised permit text are attached hereto for insertion into the permit application. <br />23. Since the loadout has been reclaimed, please resolve Part 3 ofStipulation No. 24, text as <br />(allows: Should EFCI wish to pursue an alteration from the presently approved post-mining <br />contours and configuration at the loadout, this issue needs to be addressed in a technical <br />revision to be reviewed and approved by the Division. <br />Response: <br />EFCI has completed reclamation of the loadout and does not wish to pursue an alteration <br />from the post-mining configuration approved prior to reclamation. The loadout was <br />reclaimed consistent with the approved post-mining contours, and was approved for Phase I <br />bond release by the Division in November, 1997. <br />25. The list of maps in the table of contents does not include maps 30-32. Please update this list <br />to include these maps. <br />Response: <br />EFCI included a revised list of maps in the table of contents to include maps 30-32 with <br />Technical Revision No. 32, approved November, 2001. Additional copies of the (previously) <br />revised list of maps aze attached hereto for insertion into the permit application. <br />27. Since EFCI has completed covering the refuse pile, please provide the Division with a plan <br />for the disposal of the remaining coal tines piles in the facility area. Please include a plan <br />for disposing ofthe soil that has been contaminated by the coal stockpiles in the facilities <br />area. This plan should be approved prior to any baclrfilling operations that xvuld be <br />commenced in this area. <br />Response: <br />The remaining coal fines piles in the facilities azea, and the coal fines in the area of the <br />former footprints of the coal stockpiles in the facilities azea, are considered coal mine waste <br />persuant to Rule 4.10. There is no known "contaminated soil" within the facilities azea that <br />will require disposal. <br />Prior to competing covering of the refuse pile, EFCI placed some of the coal mine waste <br />material from the facilities azea on the refuse pile. EFCI proposes to place the limited <br />remaining coal mine waste material in the area in front of the portals, and in the Pond 1 <br />basin area. The material will then be effectively covered by backfilling and grading <br />operations with a minimum of four feet of suitable material. EFCI has addressed disposal of <br />