Middle Fork Beech Creek AML Reclamation

The proposed Middle Beech Creek AMD abatement project AKA Pond Creek Bond Forfieture consists of 115 acres and includes acidic and high iron discharge. This site includes a title V bond forfeiture permit. The site is located near Beech Creek in Muhlenberg County, KY at Latitude 37° 10'21" N and longitude 87° 04'11" W. To reach the site from the Central City exit on the Western Kentucky Parkway, take US 431 South through Drakesboro for 6.2 miles, then turn right onto KY 172, next, go 2.2 miles, then turn left onto KY 246-20, then go 150’, turn left onto Merle Travis Highway, then go 2 miles, then turn right onto Beech Creek Road, go 0.3 miles, then turn right onto Wyatt Cemetery Rd. Proposed are three class III diversion ditches with limestone sand, 4400 linear feet total. Also proposed is covering and reseeding bare areas within the 115 acres of the site. The rock in the ditches will be high purity limestone. Elimination of pit(s) will be part of the project scope, to treat then release water once up to defined standards as called for in AML technical specifications. Silt control will be established prior to construction activities except for site prep for access. Silt control will be a mixture of silt traps and/ or straw bales and silt fences. Additionally, best management practices will be utilized to the extend practical. Vegetation on the site consist of a mixture of grassland and trees. Removal of trees will be minimized to the extent practical. However, Trees will be cut when necessary to complete the proposed construction activities. All disturbed areas will be promptly revegetated at the end of construction.

Division 31 -	Earthwork, Erosion and Sedimentation Controls.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Storm Drainage Utilities, Ponds and Reservoirs.