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<br />Section III - Status of Stipulations <br />(continued) <br />Stipulation No. 22 <br />Colorado Westmoreland, Inc. must submit to the Division an annual <br />hydrologic report. This report shall include an analysis of all <br />hydrologic data gathered during the year, an assessment of the impacts of <br />mining during the year, and an estimate of the projected impacts of mining <br />in the following year. This report shall assess the impacts of mining on <br />the quality and quantity of water in surface streams, springs, groundwater <br />aquifers, mine inflow and mine discharges. <br />Resolved: CWI submitted its first annual hydrologic report on January 21, <br />1983 and has produced additional reports annually. Currently, CWI commits <br />to the submittal of an Annual Hydrology Report in 2.05.6(3>(b>(iii) by <br />,~ /~feid ~ March 1 of each year. <br />~ v ~~I3~ Stipulation No. 23 <br />Colorado Westmoreland, Inc. is directed to complete Phase III of the <br />stability analysis and redesign of the final reclaimed configuration of <br />the surface facility area of the Orchard Valley Mine, as described in the <br />various letters of proposal from Merrick & Company and Geohydro <br />Consultants included in Volume 10 of the amended application. The scope <br />of Phase III shall include the utilization of the findings and <br />recommendations of Phase II to complete specific engineering redesign and <br />amendment of the final reclaimed configuration of the surface facilities <br />area of the Orchard Valley Mine. This project shall proceed in a timely <br />fashion to completion by December 31, 1982. The Division shall be kept <br />informed by monthly letter of the progress of this task by the operator. <br />Upon completion of Phase III, the Reclamation Plan Section of the <br />Orchard Valley Mine Plan shall be appropriately amended. <br />Resolved: The surface facilities reclamation plan was submitted in <br />January 1983. It is found in the current permit application in Volume 6A. <br />Stipulation No. 24 <br />Within 30 days after the completion of Phase III of the stability analysis <br />and redesign of the final reclaimed configuration of the surface facility <br />area of the Orchard Valley Mine, the applicant must submit to the Division <br />a revised backfilling and grading cost estimate for the surface facility <br />area. If this revised cost figure is greater than the present estimate, <br />the amount of the reclamation bond will be increased accordingly. <br />Resolved: Bond calculations were received by the Division on July 9, <br />1984. The Division responded On August 8, 1984, and the bond was accepted <br />on November 29, 1984. <br />_12_ <br />