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18. The designated operator/lessee shall promptly remove and dispose of all waste to an approved Landfill, as directed by the authorized officer. The term "waste" as used herein means all discarded matter including, but not limited to, human waste, trash, garbage, refuse, petroleum products, ashes, and equipment. 19. Drainages shall not be blocked with loose dirt or debris. 20. Before termination of the authorized facilities, the designated operator/lessee shall contact the authorized officer to arrange a joint inspection of the facilities and disturbance. The inspection will be held to determine if any reasonable and necessary changes, revisions, or additions need to be made to the approved restoration and rehabilitation plan. 21. Reclaimed areas will be fenced off with four strand barbed wire fence with braced corner posts conforming to BLH Type D fence specifications (Appendix A of the draft EIS). Reclaimed areas shall remain fenced so as to effectively exclude livestock use for a minimum of three complete growing seasons following final reclamation work and until bond release is approved by the authorized officer. RANGE AND WILDLIFE 1. All powerlines and electric transmission facilities (aboveground) will conform to accepted raptor protection design criteria as presented in: SuRxested Practices for Raptor Protection on Powerlines--State of the Art in 1981, Raptor Research Report No. 4, Raptor Research Foundation, c/o Carpenter St. Croix Nature Center, 12805 St. Croix Trail, Hastings, Minnesota 55033. .~ 2. Upon completion of BLH's Section 7 Consultation requirements with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, any threatened and endangered species conservation measures developed through the Section 7 Consultation process will be required of the designated operator/lessee. 3. In the event any raptor nest site is encountered during facility siting or well field construction, the designated operator/lessee shall notify the authorized officer immediately. Appropriate mitigative measures will be formulated at this time by the authorized officer, as necessary. 4. Where the authorized officer determines that consumption of contaminated water will be detrimental to animals, the designated operator/lessee shall prevent access by appropriate fencing with 8-foot high woven wire or chain Link fence. The evaporation ponds shall be fenced in this manner. 5. The applicant will be responsible for offsetting short-term mule deer habitat losses associated with well field development and life-of-mine facilities. Under the direction of BLH, the designated operator/Lessee shall be responsible for implementing mule deer habitat enhancement practices within the Piceance Basin at 5-year intervals through mine life. Habitat enhancement measures will be based on the extent of mule 14