REV101018

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 9/25/1980
• Doc Name: MEMO SNOWMASS COAL REVISED PERMIT
• From: MARK FULLER
• To: PAT DOBIE TOM DUNLOP KAREN SMITH CURT STEWART CRAIG SHERWOOD BILL DRUEDIN
• Type & Sequence: MR1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Coal shall sul~mi.t to tlic County evidence, as it becomes available,
of compliance with 0.:,.t4. and/or M.L.lt.B. regulations, approvals
from those agencies as they arc obtained, and copies of all
inspection reports issued by those agencies as they are issued.
3. Reclamation, Revegetation and General Operations The applicant
shall reseed and revegoCate and disturbed areas on the mine
site according to the plan described in Section 7.0 of the
Consolidated Mine and Reclamation Permit Amendment for Snowmass
Coal Company's North Thompson Creek Mines and Loadout Facility of
May 15, 1980 (hereinafter known as the Amended Permit Application)
and relevant sections of M.L.R.B. Permit #77-313, both of which
are on file with the Pitkin County Clerk. The progress and effect-
iveness of revegetation will be assessed during yearly site
inppection commencing on August 15, 1980, and continuing at yearly
intervals from that point forward on August 15 of each year, or
on another date as determined by the Board. At those times the ~,.
status of revegetation will be compared to the maps, goals, and
timetables of those plans and permits by appropriate County staff,
with special attention to the following concerns:
A. Coal conveyers from mine portals to wash plant, crusher and
storage silos must be fitted with deflection shields designed
to prevent any spillage from said conveyers into the Thompson
Creek streambed. Such shields will be installed as soon as is
practical using the design as contained in the Amended
Permit Application.
B. Successful revegetation of the slopes between the road to the
#3 mine portal and the Thomoson Creek streambed haves been cited
as being particularly critical to successful control of
surface runoff and preservation of stream quality. According
to the reseeding schedule included in Permit #77-313, this
area was to be reseeded in April of 1979, which reseeding
was apparently only marginally successful. This area's
revegetation should be made top priority in order to fully
assure the continued quality of North Thompson Creek. Snow-
mass Coal will submit a report to the County within 90 days of
final approval of this permit detailing this revegetation.
C. At all times Srowmass Coal will conduct operations so as to
pr sent or control on-site and off-site damage to the environ-
ment and public he4lth or safety, relating to or caused by
SnowmasG Coal's operations on the Lands, including, but not
limited to:
(i). Control of erosion, rockfali, and landscapes.
(ii). Isolation, removal or control of toxic matFrials.
4. Agticu]tural Conservation - Snowmass Coal shall coordinate its
mining eperations tiith the reasonable movemen~. of cattle through
the Lanus by the North Thompson-Four Mile Mineral and Land Corp-
oration and other stock users of the County read through the
Lands so as not to adversely affect the reasonable movement of
cattle or existing agricultural uses in the area without the
consent of those engaged in such activities.
5. Wildlife Snowmass Coal has recognized in previous special use
perrnr.ts the hazard that their operation presents to wildlife in
the Eorm of increased probabilities of road kills and poacliinq.
These hazards have been confirmed and documented by the Division
cf tvildlifc ncrsonncl in the report of 7/19/80 by Jim Goodyear,
District Wildlife Manager, }~ereunder attached as Exhibit A.
It is the opinion of l.'itkin County and the Division of Wildlife
that these hazards can best be mitigated through the institution
of a van-pool or comparable mass-transit program. Snowmass Coal
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