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-3- <br />Stipulation No. 3 <br />THE PERMITTEE MUST SAMPLE VEGETATIVE COVER, HERBACEOUS PRODUCTIVITY <br />AND SHRUB DENSITIES FOR THE PINYON-JUNIPER AND MOUNTAIN SHRUB <br />VEGETATION COMMUNITIES AND CORRESPONDING REFERENCE AREAS DURING THE <br />SUMMER OF 1983 AND PRIOR TO DISTURBANCE IN THESE COMMUNITIES. THE <br />PERMITTEE MUST PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF SAMPLE <br />ADEQUACY AND A COMPARISON SHOWING THE STATISTICAL EQUIVALENCY <br />BETWEEN THE PROPOSED DISTURBED AREA PLANT COMMUNITIES AND THE <br />PROPOSED REFERENCE AREAS. A WRITTEN REPORT OF THIS WORK MUST BE <br />SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE <br />SAMPLING. <br />Stipulation No. 4 <br />A THREATENED AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES SURVEY MUST BE PERFORMED <br />ON THE PERMIT AREA PRIOR TO ANY SURFACE DISTURBANCE OUTSIDE THE <br />DRYLAND CROPLAND AREA. A WRITTEN REPORT MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE <br />DIVISION WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THIS SURVEY. IF <br />THE SURVEY SHOWS THAT NO THREATENED OR ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES <br />OCCUR ON THE SITE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 2.07.6(2)(n) WILL <br />HAVE BEEN MET. <br />Stipulation No. 5 <br />WITHIN 120 DAYS OF PERMIT APPROVAL, THE OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE A <br />SINGLE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE DIVERSION OF THE EPHEMERAL <br />DRAINAGE IN CARBON JUNCTION CANYON TO THE DIVISION FOR REVIEW. THE <br />PLAN SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY A QUALIFIED, REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL <br />ENGINEER. THE PLAN WILL INCLUDE A LONGITUDINAL PROFILE, A <br />REPRESENTATIVE CROSS-SECTION, AND SHALL INCLUDE CHANNEL SIZING AND <br />FLOW VELOCITY CALCULATIONS. INCONSISTENCIES CONCERNING THE USE OF <br />RIPRAP, CHANNEL DIMENSIONS, AND DESIGN CALCULATIONS SHALL BE <br />REMOVED. IN ADDITION, MAP 5-4 SHALL BE REVISED TO REFLECT THE <br />FINAL POSITION OF THE DIVERSION CHANNEL FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF <br />SEDIMENT POND N0. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF THE PERMANENT OVERBURDEN <br />STOCKPILE SHALL NOT BEGIN UNTIL AN ACCEPTABLE PLAN HAS BEEN <br />APPROVED BY THE DIVISION. <br />Stipulation No. 6 <br />IN ORDER TO SIMPLIFY THE COMPARISON OF PRE-MINING, MINING AND <br />POST-MINING TRANSECT PROFILE SURVEY DATA, THE DIVISION DEEMS IT <br />APPROPRIATE TO REQUIRE PUEBLO COAL, INC. TO PERFORM THE PROPOSED <br />TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE SURVEYS ALONG THOSE TRANSECTS USED TO PREPARE <br />THE CROSS-SECTIONS DEPICTED WITHIN APPENDIX 4-2a WITHIN THE AMENDED <br />PERMIT APPLICATION DOCUMENTS. <br />