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r ~ s need to be plugged and reclaimed as soon as it is no longer needed. The temporary roads accessing the GVB will need to be obliterated and reclaimed as soon as the hole it services is no longer needed, and reclamation has been completed. These temporary roads will be closed to the public. Ingress to these locations will be from BRL property. The existing gate at the Forest Boundazy will remain locked at all times, BRL will have access for administrative use only (i.e. drilling and monitoring purposes), no other uses will be allowed. Also refer to the Conditions of Approval in Appendix B. 5. ~Aceess to the three monitor wells (BRL-00-65-MW, BRL-00-66-MW and BRL-00- 67-MW):for•about 20 years. Access using=full-sizedwehicles; ATVs or snowmobiles: The minimum vehicle size for weather and road conditions will be used. Ingress to holes BRL-00-65-MW and BRL-00-66-MW will be from BRL property. The existing gate at the Forest Boundary will remain locked at all times, BRL will have access for administrative use only (i.e. monitoring purposes), no other uses will be allowed. Ingress to hole BRL-00-67-MW is through Hubbazd Canyon. The old road prism is still intact to this location, and BRL is given authorization for administrative use of this azea for monitoring purposes. (Rocks or-otherclosure devices-will be placedyust beyond BRL-00-, 65-MW and BRL-00-67-MW to preventmotorized travel beyond those monitor well sites in Dove Gulch-and Hubbard CanyomRefer to Conditions of Appmval in Appendix B. 6. Changing stipulation (i)(5) on the Iron Point Federal Coal Lease (COC-61209) to read, "With regard to protecting elk on the winter range,-during calving season, and minimizing surface damage, no surface use (exploration, drilling and development activity) will be allowed from December 1 through June 15." 7. Changing stipulation (i)(6) on the Iron Point Federal Coal Lease (COC-61209) to read, "If new road access is required for the construction of degasification boreholes or ventilation shafts, accesses will be obliterated. Until obliteration, all new accesses will be closed to the public." We have determined that there is not a need to decide on adding access to monitoring wells under Stipulation (i}(6), as none of the wells were drilled using temporary roads, existing routes will be used for access. I am also granting a project level exceptiomto the riparian.occupancy~stipulation for the= Hubbard Canyon trail improvement authorized in his decision (see item l a above). Stipulations can be revisited on a case-by-case basis with proper NEPA documentation, which has been provided in the EA (see Section III of this document). This exception is being made for the riparian occupancy stipulations for both the CEL (a)(3) and FCL (i)(4). CEL stipulation (a)(7) states that "fueling and lubricating vehicles will be prohibited within 100 feet of streams and wetlands. ~No fuebstorage~willbeFallowed within-500 feet: of any water bodies." Since~IP99-3 drill-site is within;l00 feet'of Hubbard Creek; addirional'mitigation measures will betaken to~erisure thafall'fuel~or-Iubricating•liquids~ are contained. All fuel and lubricating liquids for the drilling operation will be stored off 4