PERMFILE113681 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

WESTERN FUELS-COLORADO • Permit No. 88MO234F initial Approval Page 3 PARTICULATE EMISSIONS CONTROL PLAN • I ~l THE FOLLOWING PARTICULATE EMISSIONS CONTROL MEASURES SHALL BE USED FOR ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES ON THE SOURCES COVERED BY THIS PERMIT, AS REQUIRED BY THE AIR QUALITY CONTROL COMMISSION REGULATION N0.1. THIS SOURCE IS SUBJECTTO THE FOLLOWING EMISSION GUIDELINES: a. Mining Activities -Visible emissions not to exceed 20%, no off-property transport of visible emissions. b. Haul Roads - No off-property transport of visible emissions shall apply to on-site haul roads, the nuisance guidelines shall apply to off-site haul roads. c. Haul Trucks - No off-property transport of visible emissions except that when operating off the property of the owner or operator, the applicable guidelines shall be no off-vehicle transport of visible emissions. Control Measures 1. Adequate soil moisture must be maintained in topsoil, coal, and overburden to control emissions during removal. Watering shall be implemented if necessary. 2. Topsoil and overburden stockpiles shall be compacted and revegetated within one year. 3. Emissions from material handling (i.e. removal, loading, and haulingt shalt be controlled by watering at all times unless natural moisture is sufficient to control emissions. 4. Vehicle speed on unpaved roads and disturbed areas shall not exceed a maximum of 10 m.p.h. Speed limit signs shall be posted. 5. Unpaved haul roads shall be watered as often as needed to control fugitive particulate emissions. 6. Reclamation works and sequential extraction of material shall be initiated to keep the total disturbed areas at any one time to a minimum. 7. Sequential blasting and stemming techniques shall be used to minimize emissions from blasting of overburden. No coal blasting shall occur at this mine. 8. During drilling of overburden, skirts and bagfilters shall be used to minimize fugitive particulate emissions. 7 640/36/1