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~. ~, FP-~^ ~I-2- ~ 98 3 F~ND~nlCrs i7ocu,rEnTt" <br />-~- III IIII111111111111 <br />999 <br />Proposed uecision <br />The Colorado i•lined Land Reclamation Division proposes to partially <br />approve, with stipulations, an application for a permit to conduct coal <br />mining submitted by Empire Energy Corporation fur Eagle f~tines ilu. 5 and <br />No. g. The Division is proposing full approval with stipulations for the <br />Eagle Mine No. 5 mine. The partial approval limits the conduct of <br />surface coal mining anU reclamation operations for the Eagle IJo. 9 mine <br />to environmental inonitoriny and maintenance of existing surface <br />facilities, including the sedimentation ponds and mine dewateriny ponds. <br />No new surface disturoances are recommended for approval within this <br />findings document. N detailed discussion is provided within this <br />document. <br />This partial approval decision is based on a finding that the operations <br />recommended for approval will comply with all requirements of the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, 34-33-1U1 et <br />seg., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Findings of compliance <br />for the Eagle No. 9 mine cannot be made in the sections of this document <br />addressing the Probaole Hydrologic Consequences, Alluvial Valley Floors, <br />and Subsidence. For these reasons the Division is not approving any <br />additional mining in the Eagle No. 9 mine at this time. Review of the <br />Eagle No. 9 mine will continue under the procedures prescribed in the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will became a binding part of <br />the pennit upon approval. All responses to stipulations must be prepared <br />in a manner so as to be inserted into the per~oic application. The <br />stipulations for the Eagle fJo. 5 and rJo. 9 mines are as follows: <br />1. IF PREVIUUSLY UWAPPRUVEU SURFACE UISTUR6Ii;d NCTIVITIES NRE <br />NECESSARY, THE UIVISIUN DIRECTS ENIPIKE EWERGY CUKPURNTiUN TO SUBi~1IT <br />A R'tVISIUIV FOR APPROVAL BY THE UIVISIUN INCURPURATIr1G A <br />JUSTIFICNTION NND MAPS SHUWIfJG THE PROPOSED OISTURtiAWCE PRIU,R TU <br />THE CUhiMENCEMENT OF THESE ACTIVITIES. SHOULD THE PLA,J~~EU NCTIVITY <br />BE LUCNTED IN AN AREN WHICH HNS NUT BEEN PREVIUUSLY SURVEYED, NIl <br />IiJTENSIVE CULTURAL RESOURCES IiVVErvTURY (TOTAL GRUuNU SURVEY] MUST <br />BE CONDUCTED BY A QUNLIFIEU PRUFESSIUiJAL ARCHAtULUGIST ANU TNt <br />RESULTS SUBMITTED TU THE uIVISIUfJ FUR REVIEW AiJU APPRUVNt. <br />'WITHIN 3U DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUAWCE THE UIVISIUfJ DIRECTS Ef•1PIRE <br />ENERGY CURPURATIUIJ TU SUBMIT TU THE UIVISIUiV COPIES OF CUPIPLETE <br />,~ LABUnNTURY DATN FRUhI THE EAGLE NU. U h1INE SU"•IP STUDY NiVD iliJ <br />AiVALYSIS OF THE UATt\. THE AiJALYSIS OF DATA SHALL INCLUDE A <br />DESCRIPTION OF TREfJUS W1TH TIME IfJ SULUtiLe SALTS, T0:(Ii, (•iETALS, <br />TuS, ELECTRU-CUirUUL'TIVITY Ai;U pH CUWCEiJiRATIuiJS. <br />4,~C 3. FUn THE EAGLE NU. U, THE uIVISIUH uIRLCTS MINE ELIPIRE EiJEkUY <br />`~,I` CURPUr1r~TIUI! TU I;~JIJUUI:T f•1IiJE INrLUtJ STUUItS rJR •aLL ACTIVE UR <br />UNSENLEu UWUEitG~2UUNU COAL ~gINE WURKIWGS. Arild'JAt IIJFLUtJ STUDIES <br />SNNLL Bc CONDUCTED FUn' EACH ACTIVE UR UIJSEA~~u r•ltrlt Iu THE i•IUiVTH U~ <br />JUNE, AUU THE RESULTS OF EACH IIJFLUIJ STUDY SNNLL 3E SUUi•11TTEU TU <br />THE UIVISIUN BY THE FIRST JF AUGUST OF THE J~+f•1E YEAR, fHE ,SINE <br />IIJFLUW STUUIc~ SHALL IIJCLUUE: <br />