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U.S. FOREST SERVICE SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICA7IOR Permit stipulations to Permit C-007-80 issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reciawatlon Divlston and Permit CO-0021 issued by the Federal Office of Surface Mt~1ng to Mest Elk Coal Company (WECC) for its Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Underground M1ne•, located neaw Somerset, require that UECC install a subsidence monitoring network over the first panel to be retreat minad. WECC proposes to develop the panel as shown on Attachment A some time in 1985 and the pillars pulled in 1986. ~~ In coapllence with~•the above-referenced permit ctipulatlans, WECC proposes to establish a subsidence monitoring network consisting of monuments located in . ~ twb.brushed survey strips 1n the location shown an Attachment B. The permits • stiyulate that the survey network 6e established prior to development of the j panel. Since the panel nary 6e developed as early as February, 1985, MECC •, wishes to install the monuments before the end of the 1984 constructlen :' .:season. Thus HECC proposes to install the nonltortng network lmnedlateiy upon approval of this appllcntian. The northern-most strip will be approximately 10 to 15 feet wide end approximately 2400 feet long. white the southern strip will be approximately 10 to 15 feet aide and 2000 feet lang. The rehar survey monuments x111 be ptaeed approximately SO feet apart and regularly surveyed to precisely nonitor far any surflcial effects of subsidence resulting from retreat Wining. • Brush within the survey strips will be lopped into approximately 24 inch ]engths and scattered. Stumps will 6e cut to within four inches of the ground. Brushing of steep scopes will be avoided wherever possible. 6aso11ne-powered.chaln saws equipaed with approved sparfc arresters will be used to brush the strips. Survey monuments will be installed by hand. thus no heavy duty equipment will be needed far this operation. Access to the survey strips will be via Dry Fark Forest Road No. 711 and AQache Rocks Road, as shown on Attactenent C. An archeological survey of the area to be brushed is being caapleted 6y the brand River Institute in Grand Junction. The results of this survey will be submitted to you as soon as it is completed. } Trash created by any of the operations described above will be transported to the county landfill for disposal.