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Attachment C <br />Z.AIHIT L9C <br />Mountain Coal Company <br />War Ek Mrr <br />Psi Off" BM W1 <br />scerw" c kfem 811434 <br />TslWwr 333 0299Dt5 <br />Few 303 VA66FW <br />April 26, 1995 <br />Mr, Raymond Kingston <br />U. S. Forest Service, Paonia Ranger District <br />P.O $ax 1030 <br />Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Re. Monitoring of U_ S. Forest Service Water Resources <br />Dear Mr, Kingston, <br />L <br />IFF <br />To update and clarify Mountain Coal Company's (MCC) 1986 agreement with the U.S. Forest <br />Service, Paonia Ranger District (USFS) to monitor the USFS surface water resources that are <br />located above panels to be retreat mined (i.e., longwall mined or secondary recovery], I nut with <br />Mike Ward at your office on February 07, 1995. In summary, MCC shall: <br />• Maintain Map 37 that contains the locations of the USFS surface water <br />resources (stock ponds) within the West Elk Mine area of interest. MCC "I <br />contact the USFS at least annually for updated USFS surface water resource <br />information (i.e., add ponds constructed or moved, etc.) If updated, a copy of Map <br />37 shall be submitted by revision application for incorporation into MCCs Permit <br />document. A current reap shall also be included in Annual Hydrology Reports <br />(provided annually to the USFS ) <br />• Monitor for effects of subsidence by visually inspecting (access permitting) <br />USFS surface water resources with planned seasonal livestock use that are within <br />the surface area defined by the angle -of -draw from longwall mined areas and areas <br />of active secondary recovery_ These inspections shall typically be conducted <br />monthly during the grazing season only (unless changing conditions require a more <br />frequent or less frequent monitoring intmal as determined by the District Ranger.) <br />This monitoring shall typically begin one year prior to planned retreat mining (for <br />baseline condition) and end after complete subsidence of the area [i.e., two <br />consecutive subsidence surveys with no measured movement not attributable to <br />natural forces (e.g_, frost heave, sloughage, etc.)] MCC shall conta.ot the USFS <br />each year to determine the areas and start and end dates (duration) of planned <br />seasonal livestock use. <br />• Promptly report to the USFS any subsidence "impacts" observed by MCC <br />inspection. MCC shall also promptly inspect (access permitting) a reported <br />"impact" to a 'use' by a grazing permittee or USFS official. <br />23 <br />