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52.05 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SIIRFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS. 2.05.6 Mitigation of Surface Coal Mining Operation Impacts. (Cont'd.) (3) (b) (iv) (Cont'd.) L adjudicated and historically used water right will be deemed significant. Further, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Bureau of Land Manage- ment, and U. S. Forest Service range and wild- life specialists concur that a one-mile radius from a water resource is adequate for the ex- isting livestock and big game populations. Refer to [he CDOW, BLM, and USFS correspon- dence in the Surface Water Appendix, Volume 4. The location of fences can alter or disrupt Livestock or wildlife migrations. Through an inventory of fence lines, historical grazing, wildlife use, and a water mitigation plan, CWI proposes to designate one significant pond or spring with one alternate pond or spring with- in a one-mile radius from the pond or within discrete fenced areas (see the Significant Ponds and Significant Springs Table in the IJa- ter Replacement Plan Appendix, Volume 5A). In areas covered by the Subsidence Control Plan of limited extraction, no alternate pond or spring is necessary. In the possible instance of significant disruption, the alternate pond or spring would provide water for stock and wildlife use while the significant feature was being repaired and refilled (refer to Subsi- dence Repair Handbook, Voltrtne 3). In this fashion, any deleterious effect upon land use by mine subsidence would be mitigated, and ma- terial damage would not occur. Also, specific water replacement plans have been developed for significant ponds and sig- nificant springs (refer [o Water Replacement Plans, Volume SA). The duration of this impact is considered short term, in the range of several years. The impacts of subsidence are transitory in time and space; that is to say tension Added 12/26/84 Added 03/07/85 Revised 10/01/87 130