REV99478 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Attachment A -Part 77.215-2 Information 1) Name, Address and Identification Information Oxbow Mining, LLC P.O. Box 535 3737 Highway 133 Somerset, Colorado 81434 (970) 929-5122 II West Coal Refuse Facility MSHA ID No. 1211-CO-09-04674-03 Elk Creek Mine and Associated Surface Facilities MSHA ID No. OS-04674 Location of Coal Refuse Facility Center of II West Coal Refuse Facility area is located at approximately 5,250 N, 37,470 E, (Mine grid) on the Section Gne between Sections 7 and 8, T13S, R90W, 6a' Principal Meridian,. as shown on Figure 1, General Location Map Refuse Facility_History and Stams The II West Coa] Refuse Facility is a proposed new refuse facility 41 Man of Refuse FacilitKConfiguration and Surtounding_Areas Please refer to Map 1, Facilities Map 51 Statement on Whether or Not Refuse Pile is Burning The II West Coal Refuse Facility is a proposed new refuse fauGry. Since it has not been constructed, it is not burning and, consistent with applicable provisions of 30CFR 77.215, no burning material will be placed on or added to the proposed coal refuse pile. In addition, the proposed coal refuse facility has been located so that it is not over or in close proximity to any coal seams or coal seam burn areas. 61 Measures to Prevent Impoundment of Water by_or Within Refuse Facility The II West Coal Refuse Facility has been designed and will be constructed, operated, and reclaimed in full compliance with applicable provisions of Rules 4.9 and 4.]0 of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation $oard Regulations for Coal Mining. These provisions include; designed diversions to intercept and route any upgradient drainage and potential run-on around the coal refuse facility; grading of coal refuse pile surfaces and outslopes to effectively drain runoff off the pile surface; perimeter collection ditches to collect and route runoff from the coal refuse facility and adjacent hillslopes to a sedimentation pond located beyond the lower toe of the coal refuse pile; and a designed rock underdrain to collect and drain off any seepage or infiltration through the pile. Please refer to Appendix B - Exerpts from Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology (CDMG) Mining and Reclamation Plan document, for more detailed descriptions of drainage features.