2011-06-28_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981044

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5/26/2006 The Division proposed to approve the permit transfer to BTU Empire Corporation. 2/14/2007 The Division proposes to approve with conditions Permit Renewal 04 (RN -04) 5/22/2009 The Division issues a proposed decision to approve with conditions RN- 05 1/25/2010 The Division approves a revision to change the name from the Eagle Mine Complex to the Williams Fork Mines 3/18/2011 The Division approves a revision to change the operator from BTU Empire Corporation to Moffat County Mining, LLC Current Operational Status. Operations at the Williams Fork Mines were placed in temporary cessation on December 3, 1995 due to market conditions. Currently, only maintenance, reclamation and hydrologic monitoring activities are being conducted. The Williams Fork Mines consist of three underground mines, the Nos. 5, 6, and 9 Mines, and a reclaimed surface mine known as the Williams Fork Strip Pit No. 2. The No. 5 portal was permanently sealed in 1997 and partially backfilled. The coal storage area, surface conveyors, silos and No. 5 yard and warehouse area remain intact. The Mine No. 5A portals were temporarily sealed in 2003 to prevent public access. The 5A portal ventilation fan was idled and awaits possible resumption of mining activities. The Eagle No. 9 Mine permanently ceased mining activities in 1985. The portal area of the No. 9 Mine was being used for a coal processing waste pile, but was reclaimed in 2009. Moffat County Mining, LLC (MCM) is currently pumping water out of the No. 5 Mine workings, in the event that mining operations resume. The water is pumped through ponds 5 -P5, 5 -P6 and 5 -P7 (in sequence) and discharged into the Williams Fork River. The discharge point (at Pond 5 -P7) is an NPDES discharge point (NPDES 003) and is monitored weekly, semi- monthly, monthly and quarterly for various NPDES parameters. MCM did complete some reclamation and demolition in the spring of 2008. The buildings that were demolished include the compressor house, old shop, Oaky Plaza well shop, No. 9 warehouse, B &S shop, bathhouse, Guard shack and fence, lab trailer and sample building, well house by B &S shop, little shed south of Wise Hill portal, old carpenter shop and contractor staging area, old (AML) mine site, rock dust tank #1 and rock dust tank #2. All of these areas were covered with two feet of non - toxic, non - combustible cover, regraded, the topsoil was replaced, where possible, and the areas were seeded with the rangeland seed mix. The demolition debris was buried in an approved solid waste disposal area on the east side of Colorado highway 13, by the waste disposal area. The solid waste disposal area was permitted through Technical Revision 34, approved on 16 November 2007. MCM reclaimed the No. 9 portal area refuse pile in 2009. MCM covered the pile with four feet of non - toxic, non- combustible cover material (permit page 2.05 -29), replaced the topsoil and reseeded the area with the rangeland seed mix. Finally, in 2010 MCM removed waste oil, oil tanks and other products from the Multiple Services Building at the Mine 5A portals. Williams Fork Mines C- 1981 -044 2011 Midterm Review (MT -06) -4- 28 June 2011