GENERAL53111

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/8/1984
• Doc Name: FORMAL HEARING FINDINGS OF FACT AND DECISION
• Permit Index Doc Type: STIPULATIONS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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8. IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2.05.3(2)(b), PRIOR TO ANY ADDITIONAL
PROPOSED SURFACE DISTURBANCES THE APPLICANT SHALL PROVIDE
APPROPRIATE MAPS PREPARED IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL TO DESCRIBE ALL
PROPOSED SURFACE DISTURBANCES TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNDERGROUND
MINING ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PERMIT AREA. ANY ROADS PROPOSED TO BE
CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THIS PERMIT WILL BE SUBJECT TO A
REVISION AND THE DIVISION SHALL BE NOTIFIED SO THE APPLICANT CAN BE
INFORMED AS TO THE NEED FOR TOPSOIL REMOVAL.
PRIOR TO ANY SURFACE DISTURBANCE BY HEAVY EQUIPMENT DURING
MAINTENANCE OR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS THOSE DISCUSSED ON
PAGE IV-60 OF THE APPLICATION, THE APPLICANT SHALL NOTIFY THE
DIVISION SO THE DIVISION CAN DETERMINE THE NEED FOR TOPSOIL REMOVAL.
9. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO PROVIDE FIVE (5)
YEARS WORTH OF CROP PRODUCTION DATA FOR THE CROPLANDS AND HAYFIELDS
TO SERVE AS THE REVEGETATION SUCCESS STANDARD. THE DATA SHALL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PERMIT
APPLICATION BY DECEMBER 15, OF EACH YEAR.
10. WITHIN 90 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE
ENERGY CORPORATION TO SUBMIT REVEGETATION SUCCESS STANDARDS,
PURSUANT TO RULE 4.15.10, FOR PREVIOUSLY MINED AREAS: THE NO. 5A
PORTAL AREA, PONDS 5A-P2 and 3, THE OLD SHOP, THE TEMPORARY OFFICE
AND THE CRUSHER SITE. STANDARDS SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE MINIMUM
GROUND COVER EXISTING BEFORE REDISTURBANCE, AND SHALL BE ADEQUATE
TO CONTROL EROSION.
11. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO DEVELOP ADEQUATE
REVEGETATION SUCCESS STANDARDS FOR THE N0. 5 PORTAL AREA AND THE
COAL PROCESSING WASTE PILE PURSUANT TO RULE 4.15.7. STANDARDS FOR
COVER, PRODUCTION, WOODY PLANT DENSITY AND SPECIES DIVERSITY SHALL
BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PERMIT APPLICATION WITHIN 90 DAYS OF
PERMIT ISSUANCE.
12. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO PLACE FOUR FEET
OF NON-TOXIC, NON-ACIDIC AND NON-ALKALINE MATERIAL ON THE COAL
PROCESSING WASTE PILE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION
SATISFACTORILY DEMONSTRATES TO THE DIVISION THAT THE REVEGETATION
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 4.15 CAN BE ACHIEVED USING LESS THAN FOUR FEET
OF NON-TOXIC COVER.
13. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO SUBMIT A
REVEGETATION MONITORING PLAN PURSUANT TO RULE 4.15.1(4) WITHIN 30
DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE.