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-26- <br />The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of alI anticipated coal <br />mining in the general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), <br />has been made by the Division, and the operations proposed under the application <br />have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the <br />proposed permit area. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />Climatological Information and Air Resources - <br />2.05.9/2)/h). 2.05.6/1) and 4.17 <br />2 <br />Sections 4.9 and 4.20 of Volume I of the application contain the pertinent <br />information for this section. Salt Creek Mining Company has included the <br />required climatological information for Grand Junction. No site-specific <br />information is available. <br />Salt Creek Mining Company has applied with the Colorado L~partment of Health <br />for an emissions permit to cover all aspects of the operation. The emissions <br />permit limits extraction for the operation to 100,000 tons per year. The <br />applicant projects production for the first year at 149,000 tons of coal. The <br />following stipulation is, therefore, required: <br />Stipulation No. 5 <br />THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT MINE MORE THAN 100,000 TONS OF CORL ANNUALLY <br />UNTIL THEY HAVE OBTAINED R REVISED AIR QUALITY PERMIT FROM THE <br />COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE HIGHER PRODUCTION LEVEL. <br />With the acceptance of this stipulation, the operation is in compliance with <br />the requirements of this section. <br />XI. Soils - Rules 2.04.9, 2.05.3(5), 2.05.4(2)(d) and 4.06 <br />Information dealing with baseline topsoil characteristics and depths available <br />for reclamation are located in Sections 2.4, 3.2, 3.4 and 4.7 of Volume I of <br />the application. A few minor deficiencies and inconsistencies were identified <br />during the review of these materials. A11 concerns were adequately resolved by <br />the applicant and responses were incorporated into the application. <br />No topsoil was stripped prior to the disturbance which presently exists at the <br />mine. Construction of the road consisted primarily of widening an existing <br />farm road and cutting into a steep slidslope, This extension of the road, as <br />well as deveZoprrent of the existing face-up occurred in an area of thin soils <br />along steep slopes. R combination of these steep slopes and thin soils made <br />topsoil salvage difficult. <br />Soils were mapped at an order i to II level of intensity in the area to be <br />disturbed and order III in other proximate areas (see Figure 4.7-1, Volume II <br />of the application). These soils were classified to the series and subgroup <br />level, respectively. <br />