PERMFILE73194

• Permit No: C1981038A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: 2.04 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

42.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES --
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
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2.04.11 Fish and Wildlife Resources Information. (Cont'd.)
(1) (Cont'd,)
The area of the Orchard Valley West Mine was included in the
designation of "most critical big game winter range" in the
BLu, October, 1983, Uintah-Southwestern Utah Coal Region Envi-
ronmental Impact Statement. Some oakbrush, mixed shrubs, pin-
yon-juniper and riparian habitat types would be disturbed or
destroyed by the construction of the Orchard Valley West Mine
and access road. Per stipulation "0" of Lease 9kC-37210, Colo-
rado Westmoreland may mitigate this loss of habitat by off-
site habitat improvement. The specific methods and sites for
wildlife habitat improvement would be determined in consulta-
tion with the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Division
of Wildlife. Upon final abandonment, the culvert would be re-
moved from East Roatcap Creek, the stream bed stabilized and
vegetation species including cottoncvod and willow planted.
See the Orchard Valley West Portals Reclamation designs in
Volume 6A for a typical reclaimed creek cross section.
Surveys of golden eagle nesting areas completed by the Bureau
of Land Management and U. S. Fish & Gildlife Service for [he
1983 Environmental Impact Statement identified nesting sites
more than one-quarter mile west of the Orchard Valley West
Mine. The U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service has determined that
golden eagles occupying these nesting sites would not be im-
pacted by the mine site (Lockhart, M. - U, S. Fish & Wildlife
Service, personal communication, October, 1986).
(2) No answer required.
(3) No answer required.
(4) No answer required.
. Revised OS/O1/S4
Added 10/12/86
Revised 10/12/S6
Revised 10/01/87
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