2013-04-10_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/10/2013
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings ‎(PR3)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: JHB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

C. Prohibitions and Limitations ............................................. .............................36
D. Applicant /Violator System ............................................... .............................37
E. Willful Violations ............................................................. .............................38
F. Inconsistent Operations ..................................................... .............................38
G. Performance Bond ............................................................ .............................38
H. Prime Farmland & Alluvial Valley Floors ........................ .............................38
I. Land Use ........................................................................... .............................39
J. Specific Approvals ............................................................ .............................39
K. Endangered or Threatened Species ................................... .............................39
L. Fees40
Section B
- Findings and Specific Approvals Required by Rule 4 ................. .............................40
I. Roads - Rule 4.03 .............................................................. .............................40
A. Haul Roads - Rule 4. 03. 1 .................................................. .............................40
B. Access Road - Rule 4. 03. 2 ................................................ .............................40
C. Light Use Roads - Rule 4.03.3 .......................................... .............................40
D. In -Pit Haul Roads ............................................................. .............................40
II.
Support Facilities - Rule 4.04 ....................................................... .............................40
III.
Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05 .................................................. .............................41
A. Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations - Rule 4.05.2 ....................41
B. Diversions and Conveyance of Overland Flow - Rule 4.05.3 .........................42
C. Stream Channel Diversions - Rule 4. 05. 4 .......................... .............................43
D. Sedimentation Control Measures, Ponds and Discharge Structures - Rules
4.05.5, 6 & 7 .............................................................. .............................44
E. Acid - forming and Toxic - forming Spoil - Rule 4. 05. 8 ........ .............................44
F. Impoundments - Rule 4.05.9 ............................................. .............................44
G. Ground and Surface Water Monitoring - Rule 4.05.13 ...... .............................45
H. Transfer of Wells - Rule 4. 05. 14 ....................................... .............................45
I. Water Rights and Replacement - Rule 4.05.15 ................... .............................45
J. Discharge of Water into an Underground Mine - Rule 4.05 -16 .......................45
K. Stream Buffer Zones - Rule 4.05.18 ................................. .............................45
L. Probable Hydrologic Consequences .................................. .............................45
IV.
Topsoil - Rules 2.04.9, 2.05.3(s), 2.05.4(2)(d) and 4.06 .............. .............................50
A. The Soil Resource ............................................................ .............................50
B. Topsoil Salvage Operations .............................................. .............................51
C. Topsoil Redistribution ...................................................... .............................52
D. Specific Findings Required by Rule 4.06 .......................... .............................52
V.
Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings - Rule 4.07 . .............................53
VI.
Use of Explosives - Rule 4. 08 ..................................................... .............................53
VII.
Disposal of Excess Spoil - Rule 4.09 ......................................... .............................54
VIII.
Coal Mine Waste Banks - Rule 4. 10 ......................................... .............................56
IX.
Coal Mine Waste - Rule 4. 11 ...................................................... .............................56
X.
Slides and Damage - Rule 4.12 .................................................... .............................56
XI.
Contemporaneous Reclamation - Rule 4.13 ................................ .............................56
Colowyo Coal Mine C1981 -019 PR -03 2 April 10, 2013