2004-07-08_REVISION - M1998054 (2)

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CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL RIO BLANCO COUNTY EAST DOUGLAS PIT PARTS OF T2S, R101W, SEC .36 AND T3S, R101W, SEC 1 1. AIR QUALITY. Fugitive dust shall be controlled during excavation and crushing activities. 2. CULTURAL RESOURCES. if, during its operations, the operator discovers any cultural remains, monuments or sites, paleontological sites, or any object of antiquity subject to the Antiquities Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225; 16 U.S.C. secs. 431-433), the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (Public Law 96-95), NHPA, of 1966, Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, or 43 CFR, Part 3, activity shall immediately cease and the Area Manager notified. The BLM will then take such action as required under t2~e acts and regulations thereunder. The operator shall follow 'the mitigation requirements set forth concerning protection, preservation, or disposition of any sites or material discovered. In cases where salvage excavation is necessary, the cost of excavation shall be borne by the holder, unless otherwise stated. 3. SOILS. The area contains fragile soils on slopes greater than 35 percent and saline soils. Surface disturbing activities will be allowed in these areas only after an engineered construction- reclamation plan is submitted by the operator and approved by the Area Manager. The following items must be addressed in the plan: i) How soil productivity will be restored; 2) How surface runoff will be treated to avoid accelerated erosion such as riling, gullying, piping, and mass wasting. when preparing the site, all suitable topsoil should be stripped from the surface of the location and stockpiled for reclamation once the location is abandoned. when topsoil is stockpiled on slopes exceeding five percent, construct a berm or trench below the stockpile. 4. EXISTING RIGHTS-OF-WAY. The owners of linear Right-of-Way (pipelines, phone lines) crossed in the process of establishing this pit shall be contacted for special conditions, if necessary, prior to initiating surface disturbing activities. 5. NOXIOUS-PROBLEM WEEDS. The permittee is responsible for the control and containment of noxious weeds and undesirable plant species associated with this permit. 6. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Berms shall be placed so that inadvertent oil or fuel spills will be diverted and contained on site. 7. RECLAMATION. Reclamation should be implemented concurrent with construction and site operations to the fullest extent possible. Final reclamation actions shall be initiated within six months of the termination of operations unless otherwise approved. Disturbed areas shall be restored as .nearly as passible to the original contour. Distribute stockpiled top soil evenly over the disturbance and prepare a seedbed by disking or ripping. Drill seed on contour at a depth no greater than 1/2 inch. Seed disturbed areas with Western wheatgrass (Arriba) 3 lbs/acre, Pubescent wheatgrass (Luna) 2 lb/acre Russian wildrye (Bozoisky) 2 lbs/acre, Crested wheatgrass (Fairway/Ephraim) 2 lbs/acre, Yellow sweetclover (Madrid) 0.5 lbs/acre, and Fourwing saltbush (Wytana/Rincon) 2 lbs/acre.