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C1?6 <br />Dan Mathews -2- September 7, 2007 <br />2.05.3 and 2.05.4 Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />3. Minor updates are warranted in various sections of the permit application <br />package to more accurately reflect the current status of operations and <br />reclamation, eliminate out-dated information and incorporate relevant materials. <br />Please provide requested updates as follows. <br />a) Section 1.0 through 1.1 should be updated to identify the current <br />permittee/operator and to reflect current status of operations and future plans for <br />operations and reclamation at Munger Canyon Mine. The "Historical Activity" <br />section currently ending with "2006 Permit Boundary Modification" should be <br />brought up to date, to include reference to approval of the revised permit <br />boundary, permit transfer to CAM Mining LLC, and reclamation performed in <br />2007. <br />CAM: On page 1-5, 4"' paragraph down, CAM requests permit obligations or <br />commitments referencing prior operators shall be interpreted to mean Central <br />Appalachia Mining LLC. Therefore, the requested Section 1.0 through 1.1 is not <br />updated to reflect current permittee/operator. Page 1-1 was updated to reflect <br />'past tense' with respect to mining activities. Page 1-5 was updated to include a <br />section on the 2007 Final Reclamation work. <br />b) Section 2.0 on page 2-1 should be updated to reflect current status of mine <br />reclamation. <br />CAM: Page 2-1 has been updated to reflect the current status of the mine <br />reclamation. <br />c) Outdated reference to temporary cessation status in Section 2.1, on page 2-2 <br />should be amended to reflect current status. <br />CAM: On Page 2-2, the 4t' paragraph has been removed deleting reference to <br />temporary cessation. <br />d) Sections 2.2.1 through 2.2.2.4 should be updated to reference power line, <br />road, and stockpile reclamation performed in 2007. <br />CAM: Applicable sections on pages 2-6 through 2-10 were updated to <br />reference the reclamation activities completed in 2007. <br />e) Section 2.2.5 includes a prospective discussion of coal mine waste disposal <br />reclamation. The section should be updated to describe the reclamation actually <br />performed in 2007. The phased construction and various elements of the original <br />disposal site construction and reclamation plan were not implemented, due to the <br />much earlier than anticipated closure and much smaller than anticipated volume <br />of coal mine waste, which resulted in a simpler reclamation project and a much <br />smaller than anticipated waste pile with much reduced slope lengths and