PERMFILE114594

• Permit No: C1981044
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 39 PAR 10/17/86 RESPONSES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

RESPONSE: Page 2.05.6-18 has been revised to address these issues.

b. Empire has indicated on pages 2.04.3-51 and 2.05.4-17, its
intention to in fill the portal area of No. 9 Mine with coarse
,eject material and coal waste. No assessment is made of the
potential effects this may have on the recharge of and the water
quality in downdip aquifers. No indication is made of Empire's
intention to modify their monitoring program and include a well
within this waste area. There is, in fact, no direct monitoring
now or proposed for any current or future waste disposal areas.
Empire should assess the impact of this waste disposal. Empire has
included the series of ground water monitoring wells in Table 7,
page 2.05.4-35, together with the various pump, dewatering, fuel,
and dower boreholes which will presumably be plugged and reclaimed
early in the post-mining phase. There i5 nowhere in the permit
application a commitment made to continue the ground water
• monitoring program beyond the period of active mining. Empire
should commit to the maintenance of the ground water monitoring
system and scheudle into the post-mining period until such time as
the Division considers the monitoring unnecessary.
RESPONSE: Pages 2.05.4-17 and 2.05.6-18 have been revised to
address this issue. Map 11, Hydrologic Monitoring Program Location
Map has also been revised to show the location of proposed well 9BF
within the reclaimed No. 9 Mine portal area.
c. On page 2.04.7-5, Empire indicates that site - specific hydrologic
data is being generated for the Trout Creek Sandstone presumably
from the three-(3) local wells subsequently mentioned as being
completed in the Trout Creek. i.c.. Wells 5, 5A, and Okie Plaza.
• The only monitoring data previously included from these wells has
consisted of field parameters determined quarterly and full suite
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