GENERAL56533

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/26/1983
• Doc Name: SIGNED MINING PERMIT PN C-044-81
• From: EMPIRE ENERGY CORP
• To: MLRD
• Permit Index Doc Type: STIPULATIONS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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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
100' TO 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 AIVD 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 REVEGETATION.
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 CONSTRUCTIUIV 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.
21. GIVEN THE FACT THAT A SUFFICIENT HYDROSTATIC HEAD MAY BUILD UP WITHIN
THE COMPLETED EAGLE N0. 5 MINE WORKINGS TO CAUSE MINE WATER DISCHARGES,
THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO PROJECT THE HYDRAULIC
HEAD WITHIN THE MINE AIJD DEVELOP A PLAN TO SEAL MINE OPENINGS TO PREVENT
DRAINAGE OF MINE WORKINGS TO THE SURFACE, THIS PLAN MUST SHOW THAT THE
WORKINGS WILL BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE EXPECTED HYDROSTATIC HEAD
DEVELOPED WITHIN THE EAGLE N0. 5 MINE WORKINGS. THIS PLAN SHALL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PERMIT ISSUANCE.
22. THE DIVISION DIRECTS EMPIRE ENERGY CORPORATION TO MONI7DR THE ELEVATION
AND ORIENTATION OF ALL RESIDENCES EXISTING WITHIN EMPIRE VILLAGE AND THE
PRIVATE RESIDENCE LOCATED WITHIN THE NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 OF SECTION 30
OF T6N, R41W. THIS SURVEY MONITORING SHALL BE COMPLETED QUARTERLY AND
THE RESULTS INCLUDED WITHIN THE SEMI-ANNUAL SUBSIDENCE P10NITORING
REPORT, TO BE SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2.05.6(6)(c)(i)(E),