2009-09-14_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 9/14/2009
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN5
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STIPULATION 8
NO LATER THAN 15 MARCH 2008 THE COLOWYO COAL COMPANY SHALL
SUBMIT A TECHNICAL REVISION TO THE DIVISION CONTAINING A
COMPREHENSIVE RECLAMATION PLAN FOR THE EAST PIT, WEST PIT, SECTION 16
PIT, SOUTH TAYLOR PIT, FACILITIES AREA, GOSSARD LOADOUT AND ALL
REMAINING DISTURBANCES AT THE COLOWYO MINE. THE REVISION WILL
ELIMINATE OUTDATED METHODS OF RECLAMATION THAT ARE CURRENTLY
USED AT THE COLOWYO MINE. FURTHER, THE REVISION WILL ADDRESS
DIVISION CONCERNS REGARDING REVEGETATION, SOILS HANDLING AND
SPECIES DIVERSITY SUCCESS STANDARDS, ETC. TO MEET THE CURRENT POST-
MINING LAND-USE. CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION, THE COLORADO
DIVISION OF WILD*TLIFE, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND OTHER
APPROPRIATE AG El_` CIES YZ?ILL BE 1``IErEcJ cJARY
Stipulation 8 was complied with on 14 March 2008 with the submittal of Technical Revision 72.
TR-72 was received on 14 March 2008, deemed complete on 21 March 2008 and is still under
consideration by the Division. While the submittal of Technical Revision 72 satisfied this
stipulation, and the Division has proposed a decision to approve the revision, portions of the
reclamation plan remain outstanding/deficient. The Division has added stipulations 12 and 13 to
the Colowyo permit to address these outstanding issues with the reclamation plan.
STIPULATION 9
PRIOR TO CONDUCTING ANY HIGHWALL MINING IN THE SOUTH TAYLOR PIT THE
COLOWYO COAL COMPANY SHALL SUBMIT A TECHNICAL REVISION TO THE
DIVISION INCLUDING A MINING PLAN AND SEQUENCE, A STABILITY ANALYSIS
AND A ZERO SUBSIDENCE ANALYSIS AND PLAN. HIGHWALL MINING MAY NOT
BEGIN IN THE SOUTH TAYLOR PIT UNTIL THE AFOREMENTIONED REVISION HAS
BEEN APPROVED BY THE DIVISION.
Stipulation 9 was complied with on 9 December 2008 with the submittal of Technical Revision
77. TR-77 was received on 9 December 2008, originally deemed incomplete on 19 December
2008, deemed complete on 30 January 2009 and approved on 30 March 2009.
STIPULATION 11
THE COLOWYO MINE WILL SUBMIT CERTIFIED COPIES OF ALL MINE MAPS, NOT
INCLUDED IN THE TECHNICAL REVISION 67 SUBMITTAL (MAPS 1, 2, 19, 19A, 23
AND 23A WERE INCLUDED WITH TR-67), WITH THE MINE'S NEW PERMIT
BOUNDARY NO LATER THAN 1 FEBRUARY 2008.
Stipulation 11 was complied with on 6 November 2007 with the submittal of Minor Revision 90.
MR-90 was received on 6 November 2007, deemed complete on 16 November 2007 and
Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance 14 September 2009
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