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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Division of Mined Land Reclamation:
P,0. Drawer 90
bg Stone Gap. Virgina 25219-0900
(216) 523-8100 276) S233
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August 14,2018
PROJECT ELIGIBILITY DOCUMENTATION
GOLDEN POND GOB PILE PROJECT - (SITE No. 18302)
FY18 AML CONSOLIDATED GRANT
The FY2018 Golden Pond Gob Pile Removal Project (Site No. 18302
615, along Dumps Creek, south of South Clinchfield in Russell County, Virginia. Project area
mapping is comprised of a section of the Carbo USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle. The project
coordinates are 82° 10’ 44.21"W and 36° 57° 38.77"N. The project area is contained within the
South Clinchfield Problem Area, VA-O821.
Reclamation will include eliminating a Priority 3 Gob Pile (GO) that resulted from mining that
occurred prior to December 15, 1981, the effective date of Virginia’s primacy. The gob feature
is an upland feature and removal would not impact streams or wetlands. Sediment will be
controlled within the structure as well as through the use of sediment fence and sediment
channels. All disturbed areas will be promptly revegetated with non-invasive species agreed to
by state and federal agencies.
The gob structure is the result of pre-law coal processing and loading conducted at the Moss #3 facility.
Lesa Baker, DMME’s AML Project Coordinator researched the “Golden Pond”, the 32 acre AML gob pile
site (mapped as a Tailings Pond) and it is AML eligible. The initial Chapter 19 permit application for
Clinchfield Coal Company (Moss 3) Permit Number 130048! (issued 12/29/1983) notes the area as Pond
7. The description therein notes, “Pond 7 is in the process of being eliminated from the permit. The
isturbed drainage Pond 7 controls is the disturbed area of Pond 7 itself." The approved reclamation plan
involved vegetating the area only. This pond was not eliminated. A letter dated March 27, 1981 to
DMME during the review of the permit notes “The sediment control structure designed as Pond
7(Sediment basin No 7 in Virginia DMLR Permit Number 2607-U) in the surface drainage plan for the
Moss No. 3 Preparation Plant was completed by November 1980.” Permit 2607-U was permitted to
Clinchfield Coal Company on 8/07/78. Virginia primacy date is December 15, 1981. All mapping both
current and historic does not show any evidence this structure has been affected by a Title V permit. The
permit was transferred to Russell County Reclamation LLC, Permit Umber 1302253 on 4/2/18. The
permittee deleted Pond 7 or the “Golden Pond” feature from the permit, effective June 5, 2018.
‘The abandoned mined land features are a result of underground mining and surface activities that were
conducted prior to December 15, 1981. There have been no permanent program activities to impact these
features since abandonment of the mine site. There is no continuing responsibility for any individual,
firm, or organization to reclaim this feature.
Thave reviewed the eligibility documentation for this project and find the project meets eligibility criteria
of Section 404 of Public Law 95-87 and the criteria of the State Reclamation Plan. I recommend your
approval.
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Lesa Baker Date
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