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PROPOSED DECISION <br />Eckman Park Mine Complex <br />The Colorado t4ined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve with <br />stipulations the Post-Mining Topography Permit Revision to Permit <br />C-81-071 for Mine 1, Mine 2 and Eckman Park. The operations are referred <br />to collectively as the Eckman Park Mine Complex. <br />This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation, <br />conducted in accordance with the permit, will comply with all <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. <br />1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et sec., and the Regulations promulgated <br />pursuant to the Act. -. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part of <br />the permit upon approval. The stipulations for the Eckman Park Mine <br />Complex are as follows: <br />STIPULATION N0. 1 <br />IF, DURING MINING OPERATIONS, PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED CULTURAL RESOURCES <br />SHOULD BE DISCOVERED, THE OPERATOR SHALL IMMEDIATELY CEASE OPERATIONS <br />WITHIN THE VICINITY OF THE SITE AND NOTIFY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY <br />(MLRD). OPERATIONS SHALL NOT RESUME UNTIL OSM, THE LAND MANAGING AGENCY, <br />AND THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER HAVE HAD ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY <br />TO ASSESS THE CULTURAL RESOURCE. MINING OPERATIONS SHALL NOT RESUME <br />UNTIL APPROPRIATE MITIGATING MEASURES HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, APPROVED BY <br />THE DIVISION AND IMPLEMENTED. <br />STIPULATION N0. 2 <br />NO LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES SHALL TAKE PLACE WITHIN 100 FEET OF THE TWO <br />KNOWN GRAVES ON THE PERMIT AREA. <br />STIPULATION N0. 3 <br />THE OPERATOR SHALL KEEP THE FENCE SURROUNDING THE FOIDEL CANYON SCHOOL IN <br />GOOD REPAIR. NO LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES SHALL TAKE PLACE WITHIN THIS <br />FENCED AREA AND THE OPERATOR SHALL INSURE THAT THE TWO STRUCTURES ARE NOT <br />VANDALIZED. <br />STIPULATION N0. 12: <br />THE PERMITTEE WILL SUBMIT POND SIZING CALCULATIONS DOCUMENTING THE <br />ADEQUACY OF POND D WITH RESPECT TO STORAGE CAPACITY AND OUTLET STRUCTURE <br />DESIGN BY JULY 15, 1988. IF NECESSARY, THE SIZING CALCULATIONS WILL BE <br />ACCOMPANIED BY A TECHNICAL REVISION APPLICATION WHICH WILL CONTAIN <br />APPROPRIATE DESIGN MODIFICATIONS. <br />-2- <br />