GENERAL42457

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/3/1992
• Doc Name: Midterm Review Findings Document
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF STIPULATION ORIGIN DATE CONDITIONS
COMPLIED
WITH
26. PRIOR TO FINAL APPROVAL AND 8-16-89 Still
IMPLEMENTATION, THE OPERATOR SHALL outstanding,
PROVIDE BOND CALCULATIONS WHICH ARE road never
ACCEPTABLE TO THE DIVISION AND built
ADDITIONAL BOND IF NECESSARY TO
COVER RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED HAUL
ROAD.
27. WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THIS DECISION 5-22-90 Complied
BECOMING FINAL, THE OPERATOR WILL with with
INSTALL A CONTAINMENT BERM berm in
EXTENDING FROH THE SA CONVEYOR BERM place
TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS DIRECTLY
ACROSS FROM 5-D1 AS SHOWN ON THE
ATTACHED MAP. IN ADDITION, THE
OPERATOR SHALL MAINTAIN THE AREA BY
REMOVING EXCESS COAL QUARTERLY.
Section V - Variances to the Permit
Rules 2.06.2, 2.06.3, 2.06.5 and 2.06.7 require that experimental practices,
mountaintop removal variances, variances from approximate original contour
(AOC), and variances from contemporaneous reclamation, respectively, be
reviewed by the Division where applicable during the Midterm Review. The
Eagle Mine does not have any experimental practices or any variances from
mountaintop removal or AOC.
A variance from contemporaneous reclamation (Rules 2.06.7 and 4.B) was granted
for the pit of Williams Fork Strip Mine No. 2 in order for it to serve ae an
entrance for a second set of portals into the Eagle No. 9 Mine. In March of
1985, the operator ceased mining of the Eagle No. 9 Mine. During the permit
revision process of 1987, the Division placed a stipulation on the permit that
required the operator to commence reclaiming the Williams Fork Pit. The
entire Williams Fork Strip Hine No. 2 was reclaimed by October 15, 1987.
Section VI - Undermining of Critical Structures and Renewable Resources Lands
Within the life-of-mine plan for the Eagle No. 6 Hine, the applicant projected
coal extractions which could potentially subside State Highway 13, the
alluvial valley floors of the Yampa and William Fork Rivera, the Colowyo and
Cyprus Empire D6RGW railroad spur and an Amoco oil pipeline. Renewal of the
permit in 1988, however, did not grant life-of-mine statue to the mine. The
Division limited the applicant's mining activity to that area shown on map 24,
No. 6 Hine - Mine Plan, for years one through five. Cyprus Empire could not
advance beyond those limits without specific approval from the Division.
On Auquet 17, 1992, the Division approved technical revision TR-19 permitting
Cyprus Empire to conduct developmental mining under Highway 13 and the
Williams Fork River and associated alluvial valley floor. The Division did
not approve full coal extraction under those lands. The Division can not
approve further extraction of coal under the above critical structures and
renewable resource lands until the applicant has demonstrated that damage