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<br />In general, this section just needs an update on the current status <br />of the structures and refuse pile and ponds. Since the permit is <br />written in the future tense, it is necessary to add what has taken <br />p1QCC U11 t11C 51tC $1n1.:e 1981. Thcref ore, <br />1. Please add a paragraph at the end of this section to indicate <br />what mine structures have been removed from the site during <br />reclamation. <br />2. Please update the status of the refuse pile, mentioning that <br />the refuse pile has been reclaimed, backfilled, graded and seeded. <br />3. Please indicate which ponds have been removed and reclaimed <br />and which ponds remain or have been remodeled, such as P-9. <br />Section 2.05.3 Operation Plan: Permit Area <br />Again, this section just requires a sentence indicating that the <br />loadout described on page 4-26 has been reclaimed and is no longer <br />active. <br />Section 2.05.3(7) Coal Handling structures <br />Section just requires an update, a sentence indicating that these <br />structures have been removed from the site. <br />Section 2.05.4 Reclamation Plan <br />1. Permit page 4-73 states that "detention ponds will serve as <br />sediment traps until filled naturally." which ponds on the site <br />are considered detention ponds and are they considered to be <br />permanent impoundments? If so, have they been approved by the <br />Division as such? <br />2. Update needed on wells and exploration holes, which ones have <br />been plugged and which ones remain open. <br />3. The reclamation plan for the No. 1 portal area needs to be <br />clarified in the permit. Specifically, the fate of the excavated <br />cover material and topsoil, backfilling and final grading of the <br />portal and air shaft areas and, the sodium hydroxide tanks need to <br />be addresses. A time schedule for completing this work also needs <br />to be included. If Minrec proposes to leave the portals open, <br />justification for retaining access to those area needs to be <br />submitted as a part of the mine permit. <br />Section 2.05.4(2)(a) Timetables <br />The permit currently has a timetable for 1980, a time prior to <br />reclamation. Since 13 years have elapsed and the site is now in <br />reclamation status, please provide an updated schedule or timetable <br />for the remaining reclamation work to be done on the site. In <br />addition, please provide some past dates on reclamation work done <br />on the facility area, refuse pile and mine portal sealing if <br />possible. <br />