GENERAL44703

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/1/1986
• Doc Name: MINING PERMIT ‎(dated 8/1/86 to 8/1/91)‎ should have been 7/31/86 to 7/31/91)‎
• Permit Index Doc Type: PERMIT LEGAL DOCUMENT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Stipulation No. 10
THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY TO COMPLETE A THOROUGH
RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE PROPOSED UPPER WASTE PILE ACCESS
ROADWAY CORRIDOR. THE APPLICANT SHALL PLACE SPECIFIC EMPHASIS UPON THE
DETECTION OF SLOPE INSTABILITY EVIDENCE AND DRAINAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF
THE PROPOSED ROAD ALIGNMENT.
FURTHER, THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY, UTILIZING THE
RESULTS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING, AND EARLIER ADJOINING
SURFACE FACILITY ROAD DESIGN STUDIES, IF APPROPRIATE, TO COMPLETE A
PRELIMINARY ACCESS ROAD CUT-SLOPE STABILIZATION AND DRAINAGE DESIGN.
THE MAPPING AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, IN
WRITING, PRIOR TO ANY DISTURBANCE OF THE ACCESS ROAD CORRIDOR.
Stipulation No: 11
THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT THE UPPER WASTE
PILE ACCESS ROAD AS AN INITIAL PIONEER ROAD WITH MINIMIZED EXCAVATION.
UPON EXPOSURE OF THE EXCAVATED CUT-SLOPES OF THAT PIONEER ROADWAY, THE
OPERATOR SHALL COMPLETE A FINAL GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCESS
ROAD CORRIDOR. THIS GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION SHALL BE COMPLETED BY
APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGICAL OR ENGINEERING
PERSONNEL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FINAL INVESTIGATION SHALL BE TO VERIFY,
OR APPROPRIATELY AMEND, THE FINDINGS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC
MAPPING OF THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR.
FURTHER, WEST ELK COAL COMPANY, UTILIZING THE FINDINGS OF THE FINAL
GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, SHALL COMPLETE A FINAL ENGINEERED CUT-SLOPE
AND DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR THE UPPER WASTE PILE ACCESS ROAD. THIS FINAL
DESIGN SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, IN WRITING, AND THE
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT DESIGN, PRIOR TO THE
TRANSPORTATION OF ANY WASTE MATERIAL ALONG THAT ACCESS ROAD.
Stipulation No. 12
THE DIVISION DIRECTS WECC TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF THE SUBSIDENCE
MONITORING NETWORK PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF EXTRACTION OF COAL WITHIN
THE PANEL DESIGNATED IN APPENDIX A TO THE NOVEMBER, 1984 PERMIT REVISION
APPLICATION ENTITLED "APPLICATION TO REVISE THE MINING AND RECLAMATION
PLAN FOR THE MT. GUNNISON N0. 1 UNDERGROUND MINE". THIS MONITORING
NETWORK IS DESIGNED TO MONITOR THE FIRST PANEL WEST FROM THE SW MAINS
INTAKES AND SOUTH OF THE N0. 1 WEST SUBMAINS, DESIGNATED AS "PANEL
1W-1S", LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF
SECTION 21, RANGE 90W, TOWNSHIP 135: THIS MONITORING NETWORK SHALL
CONSIST OF SUBSTANTIAL MONUMENTS DESIGNED TO RESIST FROST-HEAVE, FIRE,
AND THE ACTIONS OF CATTLE AND WILDLIFE.