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Comments on Meeker Area Mines Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance Document 1. Page 3, proposed decision. Since the Northern No. 1 Mine is sealed, the proposed decision should include reclamation of the Northern No. 1 facilities and a concise discussion of the proposed approval. 2. Page 6, description of the operations and reclamation plan; Since only limited approval is proposed, there is no need to permit the 1910 acres. A map should be provided which shows the proposed area and the location of Federal coal. The limited mining may only affect Federal coal leases C-076713 and D-044240; therefore, OSM's approval will restrict the area that can be affected. 3. Page 8, stipulation No. 1. The right of entry information request by this stipulation must be provided before a decision can be proposed. 4. Page 9, air resources. Please clarify if Northern has an air quality permit from the Colorado Department of Health. S. Page 12, Monitoring. It is not clear what monitoring plan is being approved. If it is not the monitoring plan contained in the permit application package, a stipulation should be added that requires the application to be revised to include the appropriate plan. 6. Page 13, stipulation No. 7. The stipulation should be modified to specify when the first inflow studies report is due, and should be expanded to include water chemistry. 7. Page 17, Lower Curtis Creek AV F; MLRD has estimated a worse case change in TDS concentration but did not discuss the potential impact to the AVF. MLRD also concluded that under the limited scope, no significant impacts are expected. This position should be supported. 8. Page 18, water rights. Reference is made to the Loss of 127 acre-feet and in stipulation no. 9 to the lose of 12.7 acre/feet. Please correct this inconsistency. 9. Page 33, table 1. The predicted values for SAR and flow in column 3 do not appear correct. Please verify their accuracy. Also, please explain why was a flow of 0.13 cfs used in column 4 for present conditions when on pages 31 and 32 the flow projected is 0.047 cfs. 10. Page 35, 5th paragraph. The conclusion that two water wells will not be dewatered due to their distance from the area (over 1 mile) needs additional clarification given the statements that the water level in the aquifers is declining. 11. Page 46, stipulation no. 10. This stipulation needs to be amended to discuss what will happen if the analysis of in-place material shows the material to be unacceptable. 12. Page 47, vegetation; MLRD has modified the applicant's reclamation plan in the areas of schedule, seed mix, method of application, and mulching. Therefore, MLRD should stipulate that the applicant modify their reclamation plan to reflect the decision made by the Division.