REP27297

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Report
• Doc Date: 12/6/1995
• Doc Name: 1995 ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT
• From: PACIFIC BASIN RESOURCES
• To: DMG
• Permit Index Doc Type: ANNUAL RECLAMATION REPORT
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Anthony J. Waldron December 1, 1995
Re: 1995 Annual Reclamation Report
Company is currently investigating opening a new portal
in the Bear Canyon drainage. Somerset Mining Company's
approved backfilling and grading plan left a fairly
large bench in place along the Bear Canyon access road.
This bench could be utilized by our future coal mining
operations. The proposed reclamation plan backfills
the bench and leaves only a narrow road in place."
By a letter dated September 1, the Division notified
Pacific Basin Resources, the successor to the permit as
of August 31: "Since there is a formal objection to the
Division's decision to approve TR-23, the revision
approval is not yet final and work should NOT proceed
at this site." Since it was late in the construction
season, on September 5, an application for a minor
revision to delay the completion of the Bear Creek
reclamation until 1996 was submitted. Minor Revision
No. 32 was approved on September 18.
However, some of the work planned for the Bear Creek
site was intended to stabilize the toe of the slope and
reconstruct the Bear Creek stream channel. Concerned
with potential slope failure during the spring runoff
in 1996, Pacific Basin Resources requested permission
to proceed with part of the backfilling and grading.
After discussions with the Division, an application for
a minor revision to allow the Bear Creek stream channel
repair was submitted October 6, and Minor Revision No.
33 was approved on October 11. The Bear Creek stream
channel repair work was completed on October 24. Also,
the concrete foundations demolished in 1994 and the
portal structure on the east side of Bear Creek were
buried against the slope in October. Actual acreage
backfilled and graded to possible final reclamation
contours, depending on any further changes resulting
from a Board Hearing decision, was approximately 0.25
acres.
On July 21, an application for a minor revision was
submitted to revise the specified reclamation dates for
the Upper and Lower Hubbard Creek sites and the power
line and power line road. The reasons for the revision
included expected cost of the Bear Creek reclamation
work, the Bureau of Land Management request in a
December 5, 1994 letter to assume responsibility for
the power line road, and the potential development of
additional coal properties in the area. The delay in
the reclamation schedule will allow time for these
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