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P T <br />Stipulation No. 10 ~ <br />THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY TO COMPLETE A THOROUGH <br />RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF THE PROPOSED UPPER WASTE PILE ACCESS <br />ROADWAY CORRIDOR. THE APPLICANT SHALL PLACE SPECIFIC EMPHASIS UPON THE <br />DETECTION OF SLOPE INSTABILITY EVIDENCE AND DRAINAGE CHARACTERISTICS OF <br />THE PROPOSED ROAD ALIGNMENT. <br />FURTHER, THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY, UTILIZING THE <br />RESULTS OF THE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAPPING, AND EARLIER ADJOINING <br />SURFACE FACILITY ROAD DESIGN STUDIES, IF APPROPRIATE, 70 COMPLETE A <br />PRELIMINARY ACCESS ROAD CUT-SLOPE STABILIZATION AND DRAINAGE DESIGN. <br />THE MAPPING AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, IN <br />WRITING, PRIOR TO ANY DISTURBANCE OF THE ACCESS ROAD CORRIDOR. <br />Stipulation No. 11 <br />THE DIVISION DIRECTS WEST ELK COAL COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT THE UPPER WASTE <br />PILE ACCESS ROAD AS AN INITIAL PIONEER ROAD WITH MINIMIZED EXCAVATION. <br />UPON EXPOSURE OF THE EXCAVATED CUT-SLOPES OF THAT PIONEER ROADWAY, THE <br />OPERATOR SHALL COMPLETE A FINAL GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCESS <br />ROAD CORRIDOR. TNIS GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION SHALL 8E COMPLETED 8Y <br />APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGICAL OR ENGINEERING <br />PERSONNEL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS FINAL INVESTIGATION SHALL BE TO VERIFY, <br />OR APPROPRIATELY AMEND, THE FINDINGS OF 7HE RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC <br />MAPPING OF THE ROADWAY CORRIDOR. <br />FURTHER, WEST ELK COAL COMPANY, UTILIZING 7HE FINDINGS OF THE FINAL <br />GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION, SHALL COMPLETE A FINAL ENGINEERED CUT-SLOPE <br />AND DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR THE UPPER WASTE PILE ACCESS ROAD. THIS FINAL <br />DESIGN SHALL 8E APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, IN WRITING, AND THE <br />CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT DESIGN, PRIOR TO THE <br />TRANSPORTATION OF ANY WASTE MATERIAL ALONG THAT ACCESS ROAD. <br />Stipulation No. 12 <br />7HE DIVISION DIRECTS WECC TO COMPLETE THE INSTALLATION OF THE SUBSIDENCE <br />MONITORING NETWORK PRIOR TO THE INITIATION OF EXTRACTION OF COAL WITHIN <br />THE PANEL DESIGNATED IN APPENDIX A TO THE NOVEMBER, 1984 PERMIT REVISION <br />APPLICATION ENTITLED "APPLICATION TO REVISE 7HE MINING AND RECLAMATION <br />PLAN FOR THE MT. GUNNISON NO. 1 UNDERGROUND MINE". THIS MONITORING <br />NETWORK IS DESIGNED TO MONITOR THE FIRST PANEL WEST FROM THE SW MAINS <br />INTAKES AND SOUTH OF THE N0. i WEST SUBMAINS, DESIGNATED AS "PANEL <br />1W-1S", LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF <br />SECTION 21, RANGE 90W, TOWNSHIP 13S. THIS MONITORING NETWORK SHALL <br />CONSIST OF SUBSTANTIAL MONUMENTS DESIGNED 70 RESIST FROST-HEAVE, FIRE, <br />AND THE ACTIONS OF CATTLE AND WILDLIFE. <br />