2013-01-04_REVISION - M1977193

• Permit No: M1977193
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/4/2013
• Doc Name: AMMENDMENT APPLICATION
• From: TEZAK
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM5
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Time frame
Area & Location
Sequence
2012 - 2017
Final highwall bench configuration
along West boundary with BLM
2012 — 2015 southern
1/3 of BLM lease area
2015 — 2017 centerl /3
of BLM lease area
2017 - 2037
Highwall mining to new West permit
boundary
Highwall progression
north and west
2037 — 2057
Highwall mining to northwest limit
Final highwall
configuration
2057 - 2077
Final pit floor elevation attained
2077 - 2082
Main pit area topsoil /plant medium
hauled to main pit area, revegetation
of main pit area begins
Pit floor revegetation
initiated at southern end
of lower pit, then
moving northward
and
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the out slopes of the sediment ponds; grading within the final pit configuration areas will be no more
than 3:1. Slopes in the highwall areas will be 0.25:1
(d) Where applicable, plans for topsoil segregation, preservation, and replacement; for
stabilization, compaction, and grading of spoil; and for revegetation. The revegetation plan shall
contain a list of the preferred species of grass, legumes, forbs, shrubs or trees to be planted, the
method and rates of seeding and planting, the estimated availability of viable seeds in sufficient
quantities of the species proposed to be used, and the proposed time of seeding and planting;
There is no topsoil incurred at the surface of this mining operation. Topsoiling of the final pit floor
will be accomplished with fines materials produced from crushing and screening operations or will
be imported from other sites. If topsoil is "mined" from neighboring land owned by the mine
operator, a plan for removal and revegetation of the borrow area will be submitted to the Division for
approval prior to disturbance. Revegetation details such as species, fertilizer rates, times, etc., can be
found below.
(e) A plan or schedule indicating how and when reclamation will be implemented. Such plan or
schedule shall not be tied to any specific date but shall be tied to implementation or completion of
different stages of the mining operation as described in Subparagraph 6.4.4(1)(e). The plan or
schedule shall include:
(i) An estimate of the periods of time which will be required for the various stages or phases of
reclamation;
(ii) A description of the size and location of each area to be reclaimed during each phase;
(iii) An outline of the sequence in which each stage or phase of reclamation will be
carried out. (The schedule need not be separate and distinct from the Reclamation Plan,
but may be incorporated therein.)
RECLAMATION SCHEDULE AS INTEGRATED WITH THE MINING PLAN
(f) A description of each of the following:
(i) Final grading - specify maximum anticipated slope gradient or expected ranges
thereof;