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undisturbed soil samples which are shown in Table 1 and the accompanying narrative <br />as commencing with the prefix 79, with the samples collected in 1979 from the topsoil <br />stockpiles, which commence with the prefix S or SP. Since the laboratory data <br />presented in Table 2.04.9- 1,1979 Laboratory Analysis of Undisturbed Soil Samples <br />pertain to undisturbed soil samples it is impossible to combine them with sampled <br />collected from topsoil stockpiles. <br />5. Table 2.04.9 -2 presents the results of topsoil stockpile sampling conducted in 1979. The <br />Division was unable to locate stockpile number SP -5 on the map. Please add this site (if <br />location is known) to Map 2.04.9 -3, Topsoil Salvage. <br />Response — This sample site was not identified in the 1979 Peabody Coal permit <br />materials for the NH1 Mine and thus cannot be put on the Map. <br />6. The second sentence of the last paragraph on page 26 of Section 2.04.9 refers to Map 2.04.9- <br />1. The Division believes the intended map is 2.04.9 -2. Please revise this reference, if <br />appropriate. <br />Response — Yes, the reference to Map 2.04.9 -1, NRCS Soils Map is in error and <br />actually references Map 2.04.9 -2. This correction has been made to the PAP narrative <br />found on page 27 of Section 2.04.9. <br />7. As described in the Western Fuels 2008 Soils Survey subsection (beginning on page 22, and <br />continuing on page 26, of Section 2.04.9), 183 soil test pits were dug by backhoe within the <br />proposed permit area. The soil was excavated down to bedrock, or just below, and a formal <br />soil pedon description was taken at each test pit. Descriptions were prepared for each site, <br />and the information was used to refine the NRCS soils map for the area, as shown on Map <br />2.04.9 -2 Soils Map. The text goes on to state that physical and chemical properties of each <br />soil type were subjected to the criteria of the Wyoming Department of Environmental <br />Quality (WyDEQ) Topsoil [and Overburden] Guideline, as requested by the Division in pre - <br />application meetings. Please incorporate tables in the application listing the various <br />parameters, procedures, and suitability criteria that have been used, similar to what is <br />presented in Appendix I of the WyDEQ guideline. <br />Response — The comments made by the DRMS regarding the applicability of the <br />Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WyDEQ) Topsoil and Overburden <br />Guideline as it applies to the NHNMine PAP require clarification. As discussed with <br />Ms. Sandy Brown and Mr. Dan Mathews in two consultation meetings held during the <br />initial phases of this project, WFC submitted documentation that extensive prior <br />sampling of both the NH -1 and NH -2 mine areas had documented that several of the <br />soils parameters had always been sampled at levels below the suspect levels and thus <br />there was no need to sample all of the parameters contained in the WyDEQ topsoil <br />guideline or in the list of the parameters the DRMS has historically required for mine <br />permitting. Thus, as documented in the text portion of PAP Section 2.04.9, agreement <br />Page <br />10 <br />