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title: 91806 Project Reclaim Phase II ATP FONSI signed
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file: ../91806 Project Reclaim Phase II ATP FONSI signed.pdf
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- Project Reclaim II - Final Inspection
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United States Department of the Interior
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OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING
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RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT
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Charleston Field Office
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1027 Virginia Scot, East
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Charleston, West Virginia 25301
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December 9, 2020
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Authorization to Proceed
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Lesa Baker, Project Coordinator
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Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
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Division of Mined Land Reclamation
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3405 Mountain Empire Road
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Big Stone Gap, Virginia 24219
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Dear Mrs. Baker:
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The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) has determined that Project
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Reclaim Phase II under the 2018 Pilot Program has met the following criteria:
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1. The projects have been entered in the Enhanced Abandoned Mine Land Inventory
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System (e-AMLIS) in problem area VA-00821 in compliance with Directive AML-1.
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2. Environmental documents, including compliance information for the National
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Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other environmental requirements and
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documented with a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) on December 9, 2020.
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3. The ATP request included an AML eligibility statement and basis for claiming AML
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eligibility.
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Accordingly, pursuant to 30 CFR 886.16, you are authorized to proceed with this project and
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expend Federal funds in accordance with AML grant terms and conditions. If this project
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provided funding to a subrecipient through a subaward, the subrecipient must be approved by
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OSM separately from this ATP. OSM subrecipient approval can be requested either through the
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initial award application or through a separate request.
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Si
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Fe CORN 78 for:
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Charleston Field Office
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Enclosure
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2
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA)
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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
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Project Reclaim Phase II– AML Pilot/Site No. 91806
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2018 VA AML Pilot Grant
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Priority 3: Other/Associated with Priority 3, 32 AC Gob (Site 18302)
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Estimated Cost: $1,645,340
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Russell County, Virginia
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The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), Division of Mined Land
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Reclamation (DMLR), Abandoned Mine Land Section submitted an Authorization to Proceed
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(ATP) request for Federal Abandoned Mine Land (AML) FY 2018 Pilot grant funds to the
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), Charleston Field Office
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(CHFO) for Project Reclaim Phase II. The ATP request consists of an Environmental
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Assessment (EA), with consultation correspondence, project description, eligibility, and location
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maps. E-amlis documentation has been submitted and obtained separately by DMME and are not
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included within the Environmental Assessment.
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Project Reclaim is located off State Route 615 on Dumps Creek of the Middle Fork Clinch
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River, approximately 0.2 miles west of the intersection of State Routes 600 and 615 in Russell
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County, Virginia. Coordinates for the approximate project location center are 36° 57' 47"N, and
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82° 11’ 39"W. Project area mapping is comprised of a section of the Carbo USGS 7.5 Min.
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Quadrangle. The project site is within the Clinchfield Problem Area, VA-00821.
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Project work during Phase II will include continued backfill of an AML void/waste area with
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rock material to create a larger area suitable for development. The fill material is screened refuse,
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unscreened refuse or shot material from borrow areas contained within the existing DMME coal
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permit number 1302253. The replacement material will be non-toxic and non-acid producing.
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Erosion and sediment control measures include small excavated pits adjacent to the work areas to
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catch drainage and if necessary use of ponds contained with the existing mine permit. All
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drainage structures and access roads are also contained on the active mine permit and will be
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maintained as required for no environmental impact. Strict erosion and sediment control
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measures will be implemented throughout construction and all disturbed areas will be promptly
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revegetated using seed mixtures agreed upon by state and federal agencies.
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DMME records indicate the gob feature associated with the connected Golden Pond
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Enhancement project (Site 18302) is eligible for AML funding, and was a result of mining
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conducted prior to August 3, 1977, therefore, there is no continuing responsibility for any
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individual, firm, or organization to reclaim the gob site; therefore DMME found the site eligible
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for AML funding.
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Phase II does not contain reclamation of AML features but will provide a socioeconomic
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stimulus to the surrounding communities. As listed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
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2018 (Public Law 115-141) the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of Surface Mining
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Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) made funding available for projects in the Abandoned
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Mine Land Reclamation Economic Development Pilot Program (AML Pilot) for Fiscal Year
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(FY) 2018. Under this pilot program, eligible projects can be land adjacent to unreclaimed or
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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (EA)
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FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
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Project Reclaim Phase II- AML Pilot/Site No. 91806
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2018 VA AML Pilot Grant
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Priority 3: Other/Associated with Priority 3, 32 AC Gob (Site 18302)
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Estimated Cost: $1,645,340
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Russell County, Virginia
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The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), Division of Mined Land
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Reclamation (DMLR), Abandoned Mine Land Section submitted an Authorization to Proceed
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(ATP) request for Federal Abandoned Mine Land (AML) FY 2018 Pilot grant funds to the
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), Charleston Field Office
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(CHFO) for Project Reclaim Phase II. The ATP request consists of an Environmental
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Assessment (EA), with consultation correspondence, project description, eligibility, and location
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maps. E-amlis documentation has been submitted and obtained separately by DMME and are not
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included within the Environmental Assessment.
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Project Reclaim is located off State Route 615 on Dumps Creek of the Middle Fork Clinch
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River, approximately 0.2 miles west of the intersection of State Routes 600 and 615 in Russell
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County, Virginia. Coordinates for the approximate project location center are 36° 57’ 47"N, and
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82° 11° 39"W. Project area mapping is comprised of a section of the Carbo USGS 7.5 Min,
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Quadrangle. The project site is within the Clinchfield Problem Area, VA-00821.
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Project work during Phase II will include continued backfill of an AML void/waste area with
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rock material to create a larger area suitable for development. The fill material is screened refuse,
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unscreened refuse or shot material from borrow areas contained within the existing DMME coal
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permit number 1302253. The replacement material will be non-toxic and non-acid producing,
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Erosion and sediment control measures include small excavated pits adjacent to the work areas to
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catch drainage and if necessary use of ponds contained with the existing mine permit. All
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drainage structures and access roads are also contained on the active mine permit and will be
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maintained as required for no environmental impact. Strict erosion and sediment control
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measures will be implemented throughout construction and all disturbed areas will be promptly
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revegetated using seed mixtures agreed upon by state and federal agencies.
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DMME records indicate the gob feature associated with the connected Golden Pond
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Enhancement project (Site 18302) is eligible for AML funding, and was a result of mining
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conducted prior to August 3, 1977, therefore, there is no continuing responsibility for any
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individual, firm, or organization to reclaim the gob site; therefore DMME found the site eligible
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for AML funding.
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Phase II does not contain reclamation of AML features but will provide a socioeconomic
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stimulus to the surrounding communities. As listed in the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
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2018 (Public Law 115-141) the Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Surface Mining
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Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) made funding available for projects in the Abandoned
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Mine Land Reclamation Economic Development Pilot Program (AML Pilot) for Fiscal Year
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(FY) 2018. Under this pilot program, eligible projects can be land adjacent to unreclaimed or
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previously reclaimed AML lands. All environmental consultations were completed, and
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Tesponses were received from the coordinating agencies,
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OSM has thoroughly reviewed the EA prepared by DMME’s Division of Mined Land
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Reclamation submitted on December 9, 2020. The EA adequately discusses the environmental
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issues and potential impacts for OSM’s authorization purposes for construction activities
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performed under abandoned mine land reclamation grants and the AML pilot program.
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Based on the analyses in this EA, we find that this project will have no significant impacts on the
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quality of the human environment. Therefore, we conduce that no detailed environmental impact
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statement is necessary.
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Srugee Dll 12/9/20
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Environngéntal Preparer Date
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12 lea /ro20
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Date
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Acting Field Office Director
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Charleston Field Office
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OSMRE
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