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Trash and debris areas: Areas of trash and debris have been depicted above the old Sunday <br />portal and to the west of the shop and warehouse buildings. Please confirm. <br />Response: The PRELIMINARY maps submitted by the Operator do show trash and <br />debris areas above the old Sunday portal. These trash areas have been cleaned up and all debris <br />and trash removed, and the trash and debris areas are no longer shown as such on the new maps <br />submitted herewith. <br />There is also an area of old equipment and material west of the shop and warehouse. <br />This area is still present. The Operator has removed or sold a number of pieces of equipment <br />from this "boneyard" area and will continue to do so. This area is distinguished from the trash <br />and debris areas noted above by the fact that this area consists primarily of old equipment. <br />While much of this equipment may in fact turn out to be "trash," some of it still has value as <br />evidenced by recent used equipment sales made by the Operator. The Operator has no plans to <br />close this area in the near future, but certainly all equipment and trash will be dealt with under <br />final reclamation. <br />Affected Area boundaries: The fnal maps to be submitted by the Operator must show the <br />Affected Area boundary, configured as deemed best for future operations, and constrained <br />according to the 40 acre criteria given. <br />Response: The new maps submitted herewith show the Proposed Affected Area <br />boundary. The Operator has referred to this boundary as "Proposed," as there are outstanding <br />questions that must be addressed with the Division to determine the "final" boundary. The <br />Proposed boundary shows the expected Affected Area within the 40 acre limitation of this <br />Permit. <br />GMG Affected Area: PreLaw disturbances that have not been redisturbed under this Permit do <br />not need to be included in the permitted acreage and included in the reclamation bonding <br />estimation. Stormwater control structures, underground openings, roads, overhead electric <br />structures, waste rock dumps, debris areas, etc., which have been disturbed since the permit was <br />issued must be included in the Affected Area. <br />Response: Under the criteria presented in the above comment, most of the GMG site will <br />need to be included in the estimate of affected acreage. This is mainly because a past operator <br />installed stormwater controls, and while the date of this work is not known by the current <br />Operator, such work was clearly not PreLaw. The present Operator used the portal opening and <br />the above ground transformer platform and powerline. In November 2002, the Operator <br />removed the fan and permanently closed the portal. This involved dozing the portal closed with <br />material from the old waste dump, regrading the portal site and the dump borrow site, loosening <br />compacted work areas, spreading available topsoil, and reseeding all areas disturbed during this <br />recent activity. <br />Figure 4 submitted herewith shows the portal site and the waste dump as they existed <br />before the closure work was conducted in November 2002. The Operator will update surveys of <br />this site to show the new configuration and will submit updated maps in future Annual Reports to <br />the Division. <br />13 <br />