1984-12-15_REVISION - C1981012

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/15/1984
• Doc Name: Responses to Permit Conditions and Stipulations
• From: Wyoming Fuel Company
• To: Mined Land Reclamation
• Type & Sequence: PR1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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RECEIVED
AUG 1 .) 19611
PROPOSED DECISION
WYOMING FUEL COMPANY MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION
THE NEW ELK MINE Colo. Dept. of Natural Resources
The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with
stipulations, an application for a revision to a permit to conduct coal mining
operations submitted by Wyoming Fuel Company for the New Elk Mine.
The Division is proposing to approve, with stipulations, construction of
surface facilities that will allow washing of coal from both the New Elk Mine
and Golden Eagle Mine. In addition, the Purgatiore River will be permanently
diverted to provide sufficient room for development of the preparation plant
facilities, and a new refuse disposal area for permanent disposal of
preparation plant refuse will be constructed. All of these activities are
covered by this approval .
The approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operations to be
approved will comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq. and the
regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act.
The permit revision application and the stipulations will become a binding
part of the permit upon approval . The stipulations for the New Elk Mine
permit revision are as follows:
STIPULATION NO. 1
PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROPOSED SEDIMENT POND, WYOMING
FUEL COMPANY MUST RECEIVE A WRITTEN NOTICE TO PROCEED FROM THE DIVISION. THIS
NOTICE WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE BASIS OF MSHA APPPROVAL OF THE STRUCTURE AND
THE DIVISION'S REVIEW OF ALL MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO SECURE MSHA APPROVAL. ALL
MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO MSHA FOR REVIEW SHALL ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION.
STIPULATION NO. 2
THE OPERATOR MUST COMMIT TO THE FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE OF THE SEDIMENT POND:
A. ONLY ONE DEWATERING ORIFICE WILL BE OPEN AT A TIME. THE FIRST ORIFICE
AT THE 2 ACRE FOOT LEVEL WILL BE CLOSED AT SUCH TIME THAT THE SEDIMENT
VOLUME REACHES 60% OF THE DESIGN STORAGE OR 1 .2 ACRE FEET. AFTER
CLOSURE OF THE FIRST ORIFICE, THE SEDIMENT LEVEL WILL BE MAINTAINED AT
NO MORE THAT 40% OF THE 4.95 ACRE FOOT DESIGN VOLUME FOR SEDIMENT OR AT
APPROXIMATELY THE 2.0 ACRE FOOT LEVEL. STAFF GAGES WILL BE INSTALLED TO
ASSURE PROPER DETERMINATION OF SEDIMENT LEVEL.