GENERAL52039

• Permit No: C1981020
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Name: ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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• The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all an ticioated coal
mining in the general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 1.05.6(3),
has been made by the Division, and the operations proposed under the application
have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the
proposed permit area.
The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section.
X. Climatological Information and Air Resources - Rules 2.04.3,
2.05.4(2)(h), 2.05.6(1) and 4.17
Sections 4.9 and 4.10 of Volume I of the application contain the pertinent
information for this section. Salt Creek mining Company has included the
required climatological infornation for Grand Junction. No site-specific
information is available.
Salt Creek Mininq Company has applied with the Colorado Department of Health
for an emissions permit to cover all aspects of the operation. The emissions
permit limits extraction for the operation to I00,000 tons per year. The
applicant projects production for the first year at 149,000 tons of coal. The
following stipulation is, therefore, required:
Stipulation .NO. 5
THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT ,NINE ,YORE THAN 100,000 TONS OF COAL ANNUALLY
• UNTIL 'lt hd5~ 08TAINED A REVISED AIR QUALITY PERMIT FROM1f THE
COLORADO DEPARTd1ENT OF HEALTH FOR THE HIGHER PRODUCTION LEVEL.
[,tith the acceptance of this stipulation, the operation is in compliance with
the recuirements of this section.
XI. Soils - Rules 2.04.9, 2.05.3(5), 2.05.4(21 (d) and 4.06
Information dealing with baseline topsoil characteristics and depths available
for reclamation are Located in Sections 2.4, 3.2, 3.4 and 4.7 of Volume _* of
the application. A few minor deficiencies and inconsistencies were identified
during the review of these materials. All concerns were adequately resolved by
the applicant and responses were incorporated into the application.
No topsoil was stripped prior to the disturbance which presently exists at the
nine. Construction of the road consisted primarily of widening an existing
farm road and cutting into a steep slidslope. _*his extension of the road, ss
well as developm°nt cf the existng face-up occurred in an area of t.`[in soils
along steep slooe5. A combination of these steep slopes and thin soils ,Wade
toosoi_' salvaoe difficult.
Soils :oete mapped at an order _* to II Ieve1 of intensity in t.:e area to be
disturbed and orc_'er III in ether pro:c.nate areas (see ?figure 4.7-1, volume _*I
of the epplicatienl.These soi_'s were c!assi " ed tc the series and subcrcup