GENERAL30475

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/4/2007
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for PR2
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

ANALYSIS, COLOWYO SHALL ESTABLISH ONE OR MORE POINTS OF COMPLIANCE
FOR THE COLOWYO MINE.
STIPULATION 8
NO LATER THAN 15 MARCH 2008 THE COLOWYO COAL COMPANY SHALL SUBMIT A
TECHNICAL REVISION TO THE DIVISION CONTAINING A COMPREHENSIVE
RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE EAST PIT, WEST PIT, SECTION 16 PIT, SOUTH TAYLOR
PIT, FACILITIES AREA, GOSSARD LOADOUT AND ALL REMAINING DISTURBANCES AT
THE COLOWYO MINE. THE REVISION WILL ELIMINATE OUTDATED METHODS OF
RECLAMATION THAT ARE CURRENTLY USED AT THE COLOWYO MINE. FURTHER,
THE REVISION WILL ADDRESS DIVISION CONCERNS REGARDING REVEGETATION,
SOILS HANDLING AND SPECIES DIVERSITY SUCCESS STANDARDS, ETC. TO MEET THE
CURRENT POST-MINING LAND-USE. CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION, THE
COLORADO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND
OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCIES WILL BE NECESSARY.
STIPULATION 9
PRIOR TO CONDUCTING ANY HIGHWALL MINING IN THE SOUTH TAYLOR PIT THE
COLOWYO COAL COMPANY SHALL SUBMIT A TECHNICAL REVISION TO THE
DIVISION INCLUDING A MINING PLAN AND SEQUENCE, A STABILITY ANALYSIS AND
A ZERO SUBSIDENCE ANALYSIS AND PLAN. HIGHWALL MINING MAYNOT BEGIN IN
THE SOUTH TAYLOR PIT UNTIL THE AFOREMENTIONED REVISION HAS BEEN
APPROVED BY THE DIVISION.
STIPULATION 10
PRIOR TO DISTURBING ANY LANDS ALONG THE WILSON CREEK THE COLOWYO
COAL COMPANY SHALL PROVIDE THE DIVISION WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS AND
DISCUSSION OF THE ALLUVIAL VALLEY FLOOR (AVF) THAT HAS BEEN
DOCUMENTED IN THE AREA. COLOWYO MUST ALSO PROVIDE A DETAILED PLAN
FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE AVF IF AND WHEN IT IS DISTURBED. THIS ANALYSIS
MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A STAND-ALONE REVISION OR IT MAY BE CONTAINED IN
THE REVISION REQUIRED IN STIPULATION 3. ANY REVISION SUBMITTED MUST BE
APPROVED BY THE DIVISION PRIOR TO ANY DISTURBANCE.
This Decision is based on a finding that the operations will comply with all requirements of the
Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 34-33-101 et seq., and the Rules
promulgated pursuant to the Act. Public notice of this proposed Decision will be published for two
Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance 4 May 2007
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