GENERAL54876

• Permit No: C1984065
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/25/2001
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN4
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Proposed Decision ............................................................................................. .............................. l
Acronyms .......................................................................................................... ..............................2
Summarv ........................................................................................................... .............................. 2
The Review Process ................................ ............. 2
PermitHistorv ................................... .............3
PermitC-1984-065 ........................... .............3
Operation Plan .............................. ............. 3
Reclamation Plan ............................. ............. 4
Permit Revisions ............................. .... ...... 4
Simulations to the Permit ............................ ............. 5
Description of the Environment ........................ ............. 5
Geotoey ................................... .............5
Surface Water ............................... .............6
Groundwater ................................ ..............6
ClimatoloQV ................................ .............7
Soils ..................................... .............7
Vegetation ................................. .............7
Wildlife ................................... .............8
Land Use .................................. ............. 8
Findings ........................................................................................................... ............................... 9
Explanation of FindinQS ............................. ............. 9
Section A -Rule 2.07.6 .............................. ............. 9
Section B -Rule 4 ................................. ............ 11
I Roads -Rule 4.03 ........................... ............ 11
II. Support Facilities -Rule 4,04 ................... ............ 12
III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ................. ............ 12
N. Topsoil ................................ ............15
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ... ............ 16
VI. Use of Explosives .......................... ............ 17
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ..................... ............ 17
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................... ............ 17
1X. Coal Mine Waste .......................... ............ 17
X. Backfilling and Grading ...................... ............ 17
XI. Revegetation ............................. ............ 17
XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................... ............ 19
X1II. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ....... 19
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............. ............ 19
XV. Subsidence Control ........................ ............ 19
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ...... ............ 19
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........... ............ 19
XV]II. Operations on Prime Farmland ............... ............ 22
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ...................... ............ 22
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................... ............ 22
XXI. In Situ Processing ........................ ............ 23
i July 25, 2001