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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14. TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF GOLDEN EAGLE NESTS, NO SURFACE DISTURBANCE
WILL OCCUR FROM JANUARY 15 TO JULY 15 IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
T5N, R91W NW1/4 OF SECTION 8
T6N, R92W SW1/4 OF SECTION 36 WITHIN THE PERMIT AREA
NE1/4 OF SECTION 36
Sl/2 NW1/4 OF SECTION 36
SE1/4 OF SECTION 35 WITHIN THE PERMIT AREA
SE1/4 OF SECTION 25
15. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO SUBMIT A REVISION
REQUEST FOR THE DAYLIGHTING OF A VENTILATION PORTAL WITHIN THE
2-WEST AREA OF THE EAGLE N0. 5 MINE PRIOR TO MINING APPROACHING
CLOSER THAN T00' 70 THE SURFACE. THE DIVISION CANNOT DETERMINE THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF SUCH AN OPERATIONAL REVISION PRIOR TO ITS
SUBMITTAL, BECAUSE THE NATURE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND MINE PLAN
IMPACTS ARE DEPENDENT UPON SITE-SPECIFIC ELEMENTS OF THE SPECIFIC
PROPOSED REVISION. FURTHER, THE OPERATOR SHALL NOT PROCEED CLOSER
THAN 100' TO THE SURFACE UNTIL A REVISION APPROVAL HAS BEEN GRANTED
BY THE DIVISION.
16. IN ORDER TO VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE POST-MINING TOPOGRAPHY AND
THE VOLUMETRICS PRESENTED ON TABLE IV-4b, THE DIVISION DIRECTS
EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO SUBMIT A DEMONSTRATION THAT THE
METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE THE RECLAIMED CONFIGURATION IS IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 4.14. THIS DEMONSTRATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED
WITHIN 45 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE.
17. IN ORDER TO CONFIRM THAT THE PROPOSED POST-MINING CONFIGURATION HAS
BEEN ACHIEVED, THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO
PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE POST-MINING SURFACE UTILIZING
APPROPRIATE SURVEYING TECHNIQUES PRIOR TO TOPSOIL REAPPLICATION
AND/OR kEVEGETATION.
18. WITHIN 120 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE
ENERGY CORPORATION TO IDENTIFY ALL RE-CREATED DRAINAGES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PROPOSED POST-MINING TOPOGRAPHY. THE APPLICANT SHALL
PROVIDE PLANS, A DISCUSSION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND A DEMONSTRATION
BASED ON THE RE-ESTABLISHED GRADE THAT THE DRAINAGE WILL BE
GEOMORPHICALLY STABLE.
19. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO AMEND MAP IV-2 TO
DEPICT THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED BOUNDARIES OF THE COAL PROCESSING
WASTE PILE AT THE EAGLE N0. 5 AND N0. 9 MINE COMPLEX. AMENDMENT OF
MAP IV-2 SHALL BE COMPLETED IN ACCEPTABLE FORM NO LATER THAN 30
DAYS FOLLOWING ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT.