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-18- frre State of Colorado has acknowledged drat ~nininy operations do cause dust and iri so doiny has passed the Colorado Nir Pollution Control Nct. The result is that this rniniriy operation must obtain an emissions permit from the Colorado Uepartrnerrt of Health, Nir Pollution Control Uivision. Sunland 1~linirrg Corporation has received an initial emissions pennit with specific conditions as follows: 1. Opacity of emissions shall not exceed `LU;b from any processing activity. 2. Coal shall be wet as mined, or a dust suppressant system shall be employed to reduce any dust emissions resultiny from coal processing. 3. Vehicle speeds shall not exceeu 2U mph on the property. 4. koads shall ue watered if fuyitive dust from vehicle tracffic is excessive. The applicant has demonstrated on page 188 of the application that each point source discharge of tyre rnininy operation has been desiyned to minimize particulate emissions. Urr-site inspections uy the Uivision corrfirrn that very little riust is produced during coal processirry. However, oust from the county roar) does cause considerable particulate yeneratiorr. The applicant has committed to [Ire conditions of the emissions permit to reduce dust generation from the county road. XI. Soils - kolas 2.Uv.9, t.u~.3(5), L.US.d(2)(d) anu 4.U6 Information dealiny with soils resources and topsoil Irandliny procedures can be located un payes 83-92, 18U and 183 of the permit application. Since the facilities area was uisturbed prior to the enactment of the Surface Plininy Control anU keclamation Nct (SI1CitN}, no baseline soils information from the disturued area is availiable. In addition topsoil was not salvayed prior to mininy. Ns was discussed in the Description of the Existiny Environment Section of this document, soil samples were taken in adjacent areas to provide information for reclamation planniny. Initially the applicant proposed to import topsoil of a volume sufficient to cover the mine yard area with a b inch depth. The Uivision does not reconmend disturbiny areas which heretofore were undisturbed to obtain topsoil for reclamation within the permit area. Since the mine is proposed to continue in operation for more than lU years, anti4ipating soil availability is impossible. Therefore, the recianration plan was evaluated as thouyh no soil were to ue imported and the applicant would provide a suitaule plant yrowtlr mrrdiuni for revegetation purposes. The suitaule plant growth medium will be composed of non-toxic material from tiro site, plus a~nerrd~nerrts. lire Uivision has evaluated the analyses of the on-site material and it is suitable. This suitaule yrowtir mediwn will ue tested for for texture, pH anu either SNR(sodium absorbtion ratio) or tC (electro-conductivity) at tyre tune of reclamation.