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Section 815.15 (b) Continued. <br />• <br />Prior to and continually during the exploration program, Energy <br />Fuels will minimize environmental damage to the exploration <br />area. Field personnel will visually monitor important environ- <br />mental characteristics with careful attention focused on wild- <br />life habitats and surface and subsurface water resources. The <br />drilling program will avoiu habitats during critical periods <br />and no equipment will be allowed to move into an area until the <br />ground is sufficiently dry to support the weight of the equipment. <br />No new roads will be built until the ground on which they are to be <br />built is dry enough to eliminate any chance of excessive surface <br />damage. Also, during the program, sightings of elk and other <br />wildlife will be recorded to aid the on-going wildlife studies. <br />(c)(1) Vehicular travel on other than established graded and surfaced <br />roads shall be limited by the person who conducts coal exploration to <br />that absolutely necessary to conduct the exploration. Travel shall be <br />• confined to graded and surfaced roads during periods when excessive <br />damage to vegetation or rutting of the land surface could result. <br />(2) Any new road in the exploration area which is used less than 6 <br />months shall comply with the provisions of 30 CFR 816.170-816.176. If <br />the road will be used longer than 6 months, it shall comply with the <br />provisions of 30 CFR 816.150-816.166. <br />(3) Existing roads may be used for exploration in accordance with the <br />following: <br />(i) All applicable Federal, State, and local requirements shall be met. <br />(ii) If the road is significantly altered for exploration, including, <br />but not limited to, change of grade, widening, or change of route, or if <br />use of the road for exploration contributes additional suspended solids <br />to streamflow or runoff, then Paragraph (g) of this Section shall apply <br />• <br />815-5 <br />