GENERAL54366

• Permit No: C1981037
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/4/1984
• Doc Name: RECLAMATION PLAN & TIMETABLE FOR GEC STRIP MINE
• From: MLRD
• To: GEC MINERALS INC
• Permit Index Doc Type: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Mr. Steve Layton -2- April 4, '1984
Regarding the reclamation plan and timetable, Sandy Emrich and I met with
Mr. Curtis Miller in our office on March 28, 1984 and at the GEC Strip Mtne on
March 30, 1984 to discuss reclamation. I gave Mr. Miller a copy of GEC's
permit and we discussed GEC's obligations in that permit. The following
summarizes the significant points of GEC's obligations:
The timetable
reclamation o
timetable for
requires that
approximately
approximately
you submit to us on April 16, 1984 should contemplate
the East and West pits within an 18 month period. The
reclamation in the permit (Exhibit 23, Attachment C)
backfilling of the East and West pits be completed in
12 months and that grading of these sites be completed
6 months thereafter.
2. Stockpile No. 1 must be reduced to a stable configuration so that 1t ~:an
be properly reclaimed. GEC needs to achieve the post-mining topography
approved in Map 23 for this area. This will require removal of a
significant amount of material from Stockpile No. 1. We have suggested
to Mr. Miller that the Mest pit would be an appropriate location for
this overburden material.
3. Reclamation of the East and Mest pits are going to need the most
substantial reclamation effort. GEC needs to reclaim these areas to
meet the topographic configuration approved to Map 23 (West pit) and 1n
the Technical Revision (East pit) approved in August, 1984. I do not
believe that excess material from Stockpile No. 1 was contemplated in
the original mass-balance calculations for these areas. However, I do
not believe the excess material from Stockpile No. 1 to be substantial
enough to require significant modification to the approved post-mining
topography. GEC should consider a survey of the site to confirm this.
4. GEC has an obligation to reclaim the Orphan and North Orphan Pits.
However, reclamation of these areas has been complicated by reclamation
of the trench. GEC should propose an appropriate schedule with this in
mind.
5. GEC has an obligation to maintain the site. Specifically, roads,
drainage control structures, and revegetated areas will need to be
maintained throughout reclamation of the site. I have suggested to Flr.
Miller that he include some discussion of this in the plan.