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-32- <br />Climatological Information and Air Resources -Rules 2.04.8 <br />Sections 4.9 and 4.10 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 Department 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 COAL ANNUALLY UNTIL <br />THEY HAVE OBTAINED A REVISED AIR QUALITY PERMIT FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT <br />OF HEALTH FOR THE HIGHER PRODUCTION LEVEL. A COPY OF THE PERMIT MUST BE <br />FORWARDED TO THE DIVISION UPON RECEIPT. <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 soil characteristics and depths available <br />for reclamation in the portion of the operation located in Munger Canyon are <br />located in Sections 2.4, 3.2, 3.4 and 4.7 of Volume I of the application. <br />Baseline soil information and salvage and redistribution plans for the central <br />facilities area and coal processing waste disposal area can be found in <br />Sections 2.5, 3.1, and 4.4 of Volume VI and on Figures 2.5-1s and 4.4-2s of <br />Volume VII of the application. A few minor deficiencies and inconsistencies <br />were identified during the review of these materials. All concerns were <br />adequately resolved by the applicant and responses were incorporated into the <br />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 sideslope. This extension of the road, as <br />well as development of the existing face-up occurred in an area of thin soils <br />along steep slopes. A 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 4.7-2, Volume II <br />and Table 4.4-2s Volume VI of the application). These soils were classified <br />to the series and subgroup level, respectively. <br />