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<br />locations in relation to calving grounds) describing the techniques and devices to <br />• be used to establish necessary watering areas for elk. The company must submit <br />data from elk monitoring programs every 6 months. If the monitoring shows that <br />haul roads are interfering with elk migration, the company must use Fences to <br />minimize adverse Smpacts. <br />If proposed reclamation and mitigation methods are employed, most of the <br />impacts to wildlife and their habitats should be short term, with the <br />exception of Impacts Co the elk herd on the permit area. Some small, less <br />mobile animals (e.g., rodents and amphibians) would be killed during mining <br />operations, although most species should recover following reclamation. <br />If encroachment into adjacent habitats by personnel involved in the mining <br />operation is controlled, harassment, poaching, and other human/wildlife <br />conflicts will be minimized. <br />Cultural Resources <br />OSM and the Colorado State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) evaluated the <br />sites within the mine-plan area and determined that two sites (SRT32, a <br />scatter of flakes and tools, and SRT192, Foidel Canyon School) were eligible <br />for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (National <br />Register). OSM and the SHPO agreed that Energy Fuels should submit nomination <br />forma for these two sites to the Keeper of, the National Register within 90 days <br />after approval of the mine plan. <br />• OSM stipulations will insure that adverse impacts to sites SRT32 and SRT192 and to <br />historic graves on the mine-plan area will be minimized. The SHPO has concurred <br />with OSMs evaluation and has concluded that with these stipulations, a "no effect" <br />determination can be made. <br />All sites within the mine-plan area will be either directly affected or have <br />the potential to receive indirect impacts from vandalism or unauthorized <br />collection. Because most cultural resources are found close to the surface, <br />removal of topsoil will destroy the sites completely. Direct impacts to the two <br />sites eligible for the National Register will be avoided; however, there still may <br />be impacts from potential vandalism and collection. Losses could be even greater <br />for sites not found eligible for the National Register at this time and <br />unidentified sites that may be deemed significant in the future, although they :ire <br />not now considered so. Any site that is not mitigated or avoided prior to <br />disturbance would be lost permanently. Cultural resources are nonrenewable <br />resources--once destroyed, valuable scientific information is irretrievably lost. <br /> <br />- 17 - <br />