PERMFILE52088

• Permit No: C1981019A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/11/2005
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 1 Documents and Leases
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

and sage grouse populations affected by habitat loss or
displacement from historic habitat.
The habitat recovery and replacement plan shall be developed in
consultation with the BLM and the Colorado Division of
Wildlife (CDOW) based on estimates of lost and disturbed
habitat as described in the Green River-Hams Fork Coal final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). If the mine plan
submitted by the lessee indicates figures different from those
used in the EIS as to quality and quantity of habitat lost or
disturbed, mitigation alternatives shall be recalculated based
upon revised data contained in the mine plan.
The final habitat recovery and replacementplan shall indicate the
methods to be employed by the lessee to insure that the carrying
capacity of the recovered or replaced land has the capacity to
support applicable indicator species as agreed upon by [he 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 Stale 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 azea 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 compazative
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 ]ow quality wildlife habitat to increase its
cattying 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 CDO W. The
State shall comment on the methods seletxed 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 ils reasons as required by provision 2 above.
If no State comment is included in the plan, the lessee shall
verify its consultation with the State and the plan may be
considered without State continent.
(c) The lessee shall prepaze 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) The estimated number of employees the specific
lease operation will require during its phases of construction and
operation; the estimated multiplied population attendant to that
employment; and where 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 bf
both County and municipal governments, (vii) the requirements
on the human service system, (viii) the requirements imposed
upon the parks and recreation system, an x) an,eeggtimate as to
the need, by type and amount of hog which the new
population wilt require on a community byzo ity basis.
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(3) A statement of the immediate ixrrt~acts apolong term
effects of mining on transportation facilities wifhthjbe State,
including: (i) the estimated Vansportadon mode(s),t:oute(s), and
frequency of trips for [he extracted resourrc, (ii) ~c}ttFtimplated
consVUCtion of Vansportadon facilities, (iir}~the e~irmated effect
of any truck movements on dte rate o~oadtV33 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 [hose 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 ofthe lessee, [he affected local governments, and
the State of Colorado, relating to the technical and financial
needs of the affected communities.