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.e <br />-z- <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br />Trinidad Basin Mining, Inc. <br />Trinidad Basin Mine <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with stipulations, <br />an application fora permit to conduct coal mining and reclamation activities by <br />Trinidad Basin Mining, Inc. for the Trinidad Basin Mine. <br />This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will <br />comply with a1I requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, <br />C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq., and the Rules promulgated pursuant to <br />the Act. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part of the <br />permit upon approval. The stipulations for the Trinidad Basin Pfine are as follows: <br />Stipulation No. 1: <br />WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE SHALL OBTAIN AND <br />SUBMIT TO TXE DIVISION WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED POST-MINING <br />LAND USE OF RANGELAND AND WILDLIFE HABITAT FROM MR. JOXN WIGGINS <br />AND MR. ALVIN WIGGINS. <br />Stipulation No. 2: <br />f/ITHIN 120 DAYS AFTER PERMIT ISSUANCE, ALL SEDIMENTATION PONDS <br />SBALL BE CERTIFIED BY A QUALIFIED REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. <br />THE CERTIFIED REPORT SHALL STATE THAT THE PONDS WERE CONSTRUCTED <br />IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED PLANS CONTAINED IN THE APPLICATION. <br />Stipulation No. 3: <br />THE OPERATOR SHALL MONITOR GROUND WATER AS OUTLINED IN TXE FOLLOWING <br />TABLES. ALL MONITORING DATA SHALL !~E SUBPfITTED TO THE DIVISION IN <br />A SINGLE ANNUAL REPORT. <br />TABLE 1. MONITORING FREQUENCIES <br />WATER LEVEL FIELD MEASUREMENT LABORATORY MEASUREMENT <br />WELL NUMBER MEASUREMENT FREQUENCY FREQUENCY (SEE TABLE 2J FREQUENCY (SEE TABLE 3) <br />W1 Monthly Monthly Quarterly <br />W2 Monthly Monthly --- <br />W3 Monthly Monthly --- <br />W9 Monthly Monthly --- <br />WB Monthly Monthly --- <br />S-2 Monthly Monthly Quarterly <br />