PERMFILE72949

• Permit No: C1981020A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/13/2002
• Section_Exhibit Name: APPENDIX L
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

IN REPLY 0.FFE0.10:
3400 (CO-076)
COC-0125515
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United States Department of the Interior
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BUREAU OPLAND MANAGEMENT
Grand Junction Resource Ara ~ ^
2815 H Road
Grand Junction, Colorado 8150G
DEG 3 1996 'D,EC fJ =;
Mr.~Dan Matthews ~n
Division of Minerals and Geology (~~~~~12~5
2148 Broadway #C-5 °"d~~np; ~~aol0~y
Grand Junction, Colorado 81503 ,
Re: Munger Canyon Mine; C-81-020
Reclamation Plan Revision
As per 30 CFR 740.13 d(3) Dave Trappett and Bruce Fowler of my staff reviewed
the technical revision and inspected the proposed reclamation work at the mine
site with you and John Walters of Grand Valley Coal on November 15, 1996. To
prevent adverse affect on Federal resources other than coal and to assure that
the revision is consistent with the Grand Junction Resource Area land use plan
the following items must be attached to the approval as stipulations or
incorporated into the reclamation plan. If the items are incorporated into
the plan quests..p~ga~eua.*'pr'iror~~tro~Tappro~.~ai -to~.assure our
conr~c,~e.rr~S,whave,~been~~apprapriately addressed. Please forward a copy of the
approval document for our records when the revision is approved.
1. The mulch identified in the reclamation plan (straw or native grass hay)
for use on HLM surface shall be cer.ti~f-i~d~weed.,f-ree-by the Colorado
Department of Agriculture as per'Federal Register Vol 61, No. 143, July
24, 1996, page 36469. A copy of the "Transit Certificate" shall be
submitted to BLM and approved prior Co use of the mulch.
If mulch grown in fields outside the state of Colorado is anticipated to
be used, BLM shall be contacted and the inspection program for that
state must be identified. BLM must approve the program inspection
methods and receive proof of inspection by that program prior to the use
• of the mulch.
2. The maximum extent of surface disturbance of the area to be recontoured
to a 2:1 slope at the mine site portal shall be staked and/or flagged at
50 foot intervals. Recontouring shall not occur until the area to be
recontoured is inspected by BLM and BLM confirms that the staked area
agrees with Figure 3.1-7. Upon completion of the inspection and
confirmation that planned sine,,,,disturbance~of-previously undisturbed
• surface does not exceed 0.3.acre-BLM will give verbal followed with
written permission to proceed.
3. The access road from the private property line to the two track road
turnoff that accesses the left fork of the canyon shall be reclaimed in
the following manner:
a. The road profile shall be left in place for use by BLM and
members of the public as authorized by BLM.
b. Bdesurofwytlerrioad;,.~l eavi[kg„~l,,eight.~foot,~running
,~ ~ surface~~an the center of the road profile, shall be harrowed
or disked to a depth of 4 to 6 inches to prepare a seedbed
and the prepared seedbed shall be seeded with the seed
formula approved with the mine plan.