PERMFILE131787

• Permit No: C1981040
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: RULE 2.06 SPECIAL CATEGORIES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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2.06.5 Permits Incorporationg Variances from Approximate Original
Contour Restoration Requirements for Steep Slope Mining
Sunbelt is not requesting a variance from reestablishing the approximate
original contour. However, complete elimination of the face-up area in
conjunction with the continued mining will be impossible. A complete
explanation of the reclamation procedures to be used to stabilize the
face-up area is set forth in Section 2.05.4.
All drainage patterns inherent within the existing area will be restored
following completion of mining activities.
2.06.6 Prime Farmlands
This Section is not applicable to the mining operations planned by
Sunbelt. Since the negative determination of prime farmland was arrived
at using the eligibility requirements established for prime farmland
under Section 2.04.12, Prime Farmland Investigation, these performance
standards do not apply to the permit application.
2.06.7 Variances for Delay in Contemporaneous Reclamation Requirements
in Combined Surface and Underground Mining Operations
Sunbelt does not plan
operations; therefore,
applicable to Sunbelt.
for combined surface and underground mining
the requirements for this section are not
2.06.8 Surface Coal Mining and Reclamations on Areas or Adjacent to
Areas Using Alluvial Valley Floors
Based on past field investigations for previous permit applications for
coal mining operations along Hay Gulch near Hesperus, the Division has
determined that Hay Gulch is a possible alluvial valley floor; however,
the mining planned by Sunbelt is well above the valley floor, and no
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