2008-07-25_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981010 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/25/2008
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN5
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Losses from evaporation and infiltration will prevent surface water from the permit area
from reaching the Williams Fork River valley. Ground water from the permit area will not
reach the Williams Fork River valley because bedrock dips from the river valley to the
permit area. Therefore, the Division finds that the proposed surface coal mining operation
will not interrupt, discontinue, or preclude farming on the Williams Fork AVF, and will not
materially damage the quantity or quality of water in surface or ground water systems that
supply the Williams Fork AVE (4.24.3(1)), (4.24.3(3), and 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii))
The Division finds that:
a) The proposed mining activities will comply with the requirements of the Act and
the Regulations with respect to alluvial valley floors. (2.06.8(5)(a)(iii))
b) The surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve
the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area
and to reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors
within the affected area throughout the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2).
An environmental monitoring system shall be installed, maintained, and operated by the
permittee on all alluvial valley floors during surface coal mining and reclamation operations
and continued until all bonds are released in accordance with Rule 3 (4.24.4).
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland
No prime farmlands currently exist within the proposed permit area. Therefore any specific
approvals under this section do not apply. -
XIX. Mountaintoo Removal
No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section.
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes
No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section.
XXI. In Situ Processing
No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section.
Trapper Mine 32 July 25, 2008