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I.1r. Dan Fla thews Page Six <br />' 11ay 27 , 1982 <br />' Stipulation No. 7 <br /> As shown on page 582 of Volume II of the Final West-Central <br />' Colorado Coal Environmental ]mpact Statement prepared by the United <br /> States Bureau of Land Management, a golden eagle's nest (eyrie) <br /> with status unknown is shown to be located in Section 17. <br />' During a field survey on I.1ay 24, 1982 conducted by 11r. Dan Ilatl~ews <br /> of the Division, 11r. Craig Springer of the bear Coal Company, and <br /> F1r. Alan Czarnowsky of ACZ Inc., two golden eagles were sighted to <br />' the west of Somerset; however, no eagle eyrie was seen in the <br /> cliffs or in the trees on the north-facing or south-facing slopes <br /> of the IJorth Fork of the Gunnison River Valley; however, <br />' observations of the eyrie were made from the State Highway 133 west <br /> of the Town of Somerset. From local knowledge with input from <br /> various Federal and Colorado agencies, it is assumed that the <br /> golden Bayles have been in this area for some time and have not <br />' been impacted by mining operations along the North Fork of the <br /> Gunnison River or the Tovm of Somerset. From the initial <br /> investigations on 14ay 24, 1982, it appears that the eyrie for the <br />' golden eaglos could be located along the higher cliffs of Lone Pine <br /> Gulch, or- ridden from view in the north-facing cliffs along the <br /> North Fork of the Gunnison River. <br />' % <br /> t•tr. Dan 1lothews of tl~e Colorado I <br />~ined Land Reclamation Division <br /> will contact representatives from the U.S. Fish and LJildlife <br /> Service, the Colorado Division of Flildlife, or other appropriate <br />' governmental agencies to determine the exact location of an eyrie <br /> and to verify that mining will not impact the eagles or their <br />' eyrie. <br /> Stipulation IJo. 8 <br />' The Fear Coal Company will retain a professional engineer to <br /> donn:~ent the proctor density to be used in the backfilling of the <br /> portals at the Bear IJo. 1 and No. 2 operations. <br />' Sti <br />l <br />ti <br />iJ <br />9 <br /> mu <br />a <br />on <br />o. <br /> Follov,ing backfilling wcrk on the Bear C;o. 2 portal area, Bear Coal <br />' Company will install two monitoring points on the backfill at the <br /> bear IJo. 2 portal area. These points will be monitored as required <br /> by the Division, and the results being submitted to the Division. <br />' <br /> Stipulation IJo. 10 <br /> Tlie construction details for the portal face-up area at the Bear <br /> i~o. 3 operation will be submitted shortly under separate cover. <br /> •, <br /> <br /> ~i ~c ING. ~)11' <br /> <br />