GENERAL42646

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/1/1991
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR PR1
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Proposed Decision

The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with
stipulations, the application fora revision to a permit to conduct coal
mining by Energy Fuels Coal, Inc., for the Southfield Mine.
The approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will
comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation
Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq., and the regulations
promulgated pursuant to the Act, i
The proposed decision will not be final until all statutory notice and public
comment requirements have been satisfied.
The permit revision application and stipulations will become a binding part of
the permit upon approval. The stipulations for the Southfield Mine are as
follows:
Stipulation No. 4
WITH RESPECT TO THAT PORTION OF THE COAL LOAD-OUT LOCATED WEST OF THE
COUNTY ROAD 79 IDENTIFIED AS AN ALLUVIAL VALLEY FLOOR, WITHIN TWO YEARS
AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE PERIOD OF EXTENDED LIABILITY AS SPECIFIED
IN RULE 4.15.7(5) THE OPERATOR SHALL COMPARE THE SOIL CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE RECLAIMED AREA WITH AN ADJACENT UNDISTURBED AREA. THIS COMPARISON
SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO VERIFY THAT THE INFILTRATION, PERMEABILITY, AND
TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RECLAIMED SOILS HAVE BEEN RE-ESTABLISHED
SUFFICIENTLY 70 RENDER THE AREA AS POTENTIALLY FLOOD IRRIGABLE.
Stipulation No. 6
THE APPLICANT WILL SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION AN ANNUAL REPORT OF INFLOWS,
DISCHARGES AND CONSUMPTION OF WATER WITHIN THE MINE. THIS REPORT IS TO
INCLUDE AMINE WORKINGS MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION AND QUANTITY OF
INFLOWS; A TABLE KEYED TO THE MINE MAP WHICH SHALL CONTAIN THE SOURCE
(I.E., FAULT, FRACTURES, ETC.), QUANTITY, DURATION AND QUALITY (I.E., pH,
ELECTRO-CONDUCTIVITY AND TEMPERATURE) OF ALL INFLOWS; A TABLE CONTAINING
RECORDS OF WATER DISCHARGED FROM THE MINE, CONSUMED IN THE MINE AND
IMPORTED FOR USE WITHIN THE MINE; AND A DISCUSSION OF WATER BALANCE
WITHIN THE MINE. THE INFLOW STUDY IS TO BE DONE DURING THE SPRING OF
EACH YEAR WITH THE REPORT SUBMITTED BY JULY 1,
Stipulation No. 9
THE OPERATOR SHALL POST AND MAINTAIN "STEEP SLOPE CAUTION" SIGNS ALONG
THE ACCESS ROAD TO THE REFUSE DUMP. TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO ABANDONMENT AND
RECLAMATION OF THE ACCESS ROAD, THE OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT APPROPRIATE
GEOTECHNICAL STABILITY ANALYSIS TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE
STABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 4.03.2(3); OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, THE
OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT A PROPOSED RECLAIMED CONFIGURATION WITH APPROPRIATE
STABILITY ANALYSES TO DEMONSTRATE CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
RULE 4.03.2(7).
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