GENERAL33175

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/23/2000
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN3
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. i
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Proposed Decision ..................
... 2
Summary of Permit C-81-044 ......................................................................................................... 3
History of Permit C-81-044 .........................................................................................................3
Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................5
Summary of the Mine Operation Plan ....................................................................................... ] 1
Summary of the Reclamation Plan ............................................................................................12
Findings .........................................................................................................................................13
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 13
Information Sources of Findings ............................................................................................... 13
Section A -Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(2) .....................................................................13
Section B -Findings and Specific Approvals Required by Rule 4 .......................... ................. 16
I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ............................................................................................. ................. 17
II. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 .................................................................. .................18
III. Topsoil ......................................................................................................... .................26
N. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................................. ................. 27
V. Use of Explosives ....................................................................................... .................27
VI. Coal Mine Waste Banks .............................................................................. .................27
VII. BackTilling and Grading ............................................................................. .................28
VIII. Revegetation ........................................................................................... .................29
I3C. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values .............. .................32
X. Subsidence ................................................................................................... .................33
XI. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................................ ................. 34
XII. Operations on Prime Farmland .................................................................. ................. 39
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