2019-01-30_REVISION - C1981018

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 1/30/2019
• Doc Name: Application
• From: Blue Mountain Energy
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: RN7
• Email Name: CCW
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

disturbed, mitigation alternatives shall be recalculated based the lessee shall verify its consultation with the State and the
upon revised data contained in the mine plan. plan may be considered without State comment.
The final habitat recovery and replacement plan shall indicate
the methods to be employed by the lessee which will insure
that the carrying capacity of the recovered or replaced land has
the capacity to support applicable indicator species as agreed
upon by the BLM and the CDOW.
Mitigation methods may require the lessee to employ
techniques for wildlife range manipulation or intensive
wildlife range management. Habitat recovery may not be
completely feasible in the permit area; therefore, recovery or
replacement may be accomplished on lands made available
through the surface management agency, the State or the lessee
outside the permit area in combination with recovery and
replacement methods on suitable lands within the permit area.
The habitat recovery and replacement plan shall include the
following:
(1) A habitat analysis of the permit area which: (i) identifies
the above species which occupy the permit area, and (ii)
includes an analysis of the quality carrying capacity of the
habitat for those species.
(2) A detailed description of the methods selected by the lessee
to mitigate habitat loss, together with a comparative analysis
of alternate methods which were considered and rejected by
the lessee and the rationale for the decision to select the
proposed methods.
The methods utilized by the lessee for recovery and
replacement may include, but are not limited to the following
techniques: (i) increasing the quantity and quality of forage
available to wildlife, (ii) the acquisition of critical wildlife
habitats, (iii) mechanical manipulation of low quality wildlife
habitat to increase its carrying capacity for selected wildlife
species, and (iv) recovery, replacement or protection of
important wildlife habitat by selected fencing.
(3) A timetable giving the periods of time which will be
required to accomplish the habitat recovery or replacement
plan and showing how this timetable relates to the overall
mining plan.
(4) An evaluation of the final plan by the CROW. The State
shall comment on the methods selected and the techniques to
be employed by the lessee and may recommend alternate
recovery or replacement methods. If the State has
recommended an alternate method, the lessee shall consider
the State's recommendation and if the lessee rejects the State's
plan, the lessee shall indicate its reasons as required by
provision 2 above. If no State comment is included in the plan,
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(c) The lessee shall prepare and submit to the BLM
concurrently with the filing of its mine plan, a socioeconomic
and transportation impact mitigation study, concerning offsite
aspects of the proposed development, which will include a
factual statement of the following:
(1) 17ie estimated number of employees the specific lease
operation will require during its phases of construction and
operation; the estimated multiplied attendant to that
employment; and that population is anticipated to reside.
(2) Based on information acquired in consultation with State
and local government, an analysis of the estimated effect of
that population influx upon the County and community
infrastructure, including: (i)the transportation system at the
County and local level, (ii) the domestic water requirements,
(iii) the domestic sewage treatment facilities and collection
system requirements, (iv) the requirements on the educational
facilities, (v) the requirements the new population will impose
upon the fire and police protection systems, (vi) the
requirements that the additional population will make on local
government service systems, with primary emphasis upon the
normal public works of both County and municipal
governments, (vii) the requirements on the human service
system, (viii) the requirements imposed upon the parks and
recreation system, and (ix) an estimate as to the need, by type
and amount of housing which the new population will require
on a community by community basis.
(3) A statement of the immediate impacts and long term effects
of mining on transportation facilities within the State,
including. (i) the estimated transportation mode(s), route(s),
and frequency of trips for the extracted resource, (ii)
contemplated construction of transportation facilities, (iii) the
estimated effect of any truck movements on the rate of
roadway pavement deterioration, on the design life of the
transportation mode, on the level of service repair and on
overall safety to the motoring public, and (iv) a discussion of
those measures which can mitigate impact on those
transportation modes such as proper signing, lighting, and
design or access to and from public roadway(s).
(4) A statement of the perceived roles and responsibilities of
the lessee, the affected local governments, and the State of
Colorado, relating to the technical and financial needs of the
affected communities.
A determination for completeness will be made by the BLM.
The Bureau will make this impact mitigation study available
to the State and local governments.