PERMFILE101281

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 40 E SEAM ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Richard D. Lamm
Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Davitl H. Getohes, Executwe Direetor
MINED LAND RECLAMATION DI1
DAVID C. SNELTON, Dlractor
STIPULATIONS FOR EMPIRE
TECHNICAL REVISION N0. 4 - "E"
DEVELOPMENT WORK
ENERGY'S
SEAM MINE N0. 6
STIPULATION N0. 1) PRIOR TO ANY REMOVAL OF COAL AS A RESULT OF DEVELOPMENT
WORK IN THE "E" SEAM, EMPIRE ENERGY MUST RECEIVE THE
APPROVAL OF THE MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION FOR
EMPIRE'S PLAN FOR MONITORING ANY DECREASES IN THE GROUND
WATER INFLOW RATE INTO THE N0. 5 MINE DIRECTLY ABOVE AND
CONTIGUOUS TO THE HORIZONTAL AREA REPRESENTING THE MINE
AREA FOR THE N0. 6 MINE DEVELOPMENT WORK.
THIS INFLOW SHALL BE MEASURED ON A REGULAR BASIS (TO BE
AGREED UPON BY DISCUSSION WITH MINED LAND RECLAMATION
DIVISION REPRESENTATIVES) PRIOR TO N0. 6 MINE DEVELOPMENT
• WORK AND DURING DEVELOPMENT WORK. TF IT CAN BE
DEMONSTRATED THAT NO SIGNIFICANT INFLOW EXISTS, THIS
STIPULATION WILL BE ELIMINATED.
STIPULATION N0. 2) IN ORDER TO ASSURE COMPETENCY OF THE CULVERT UNDERLYING
THE RAMP TO THE WASTE PILE, THE OPERATOR HAS COMMITTED TO
EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT COMPACTION OF THE TWO F00T OF MATERIAL
TO BE BACKFILLED AROUND THE CULVERT. THE FOLLOWING
STIPULATION IS REQUIRED TO ASSURE PROPER BASE FOR THE
CULVERT AND TESTING OF THE COMPACTED MATERIALS.
THE EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT COMPACTION MUST BE ACHIEVED IN THE
MATERIAL SURROUNDING THE CULVERT IN A TWO FOOT RADIUS
INCLUDING THE BASE. THE OPERATOR MUST SUBMIT
UALIFIED PERSONNEL DETAILING THE
TECHNIQUES OF CULVERT PLACEMENT AND COMPACTION RESULTS BY
ACCEPTED AASHTO STANDARDS WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF COMPLETING
CONSTRUCTION. A MINIMUM OF FOUR DENSITY TESTS SHOULD BE
CONDUCTED WITH TWO ON THE COMPACTED TOP AND TWO ON THE
BASE.
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