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PROPOSED DECISION <br />EASTSIDE COAL COMPANY <br />EASTSIDE MINE <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with <br />stipulations, an application for renewal of a permit to conduct coal mining <br />and reclamation operations submitted by Eastside Coal Company for the Eastside <br />Mine. <br />This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will <br />comply with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et seq., and the regulations <br />promulgated pursuant to the Act. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part of the <br />permit upon approval. Two stipulations for the Eastside Mine have been <br />continued and modified from the original permit approval, and are as follows. <br />STIPULATION N0. 1 <br />7HE PERMITTEE WILL PERFORM THE MONITORING OUTLINED BELOW AND SUBMIT <br />HYDROLOGIC MONITORING REPORT ANNUALLY IN JANUARY TO THE DIVISION <br />INCORPORATING THE FOLLOWING MONITORING DATA. <br />SURFACE WATER <br />1. MONTHLY MONITORING OF THE HARVEY GAP RESERVOIR OUTLET AND THE SAMPLE __ <br />SITE DESIGNATED AS HARVEY GAP BELOW THE MINE (ON MAP HGP-181. THIS --J <br />MONTHLY MONITORING MUST INCLUDE FLOW AND FIELD PARAMETERS. SEMI-ANNUAL <br />1 <br />SAMPLES ARE TO BE TAKEN FOR THE FULL SUITE CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AS <br />DESIGNATED LATER IN THIS SECTION. ~ ~ ~~ ~ {~I <br />2. SEMI-ANNUAL MONITORING OF THE NARVEY~GAP RESERVOIR SEEP INCLUDING <br />FLOW AND FIELD PARAMETERS. `~~ ~` _ _ ~ rL <br />3. COMPILATION OF ALL DATA SUBMITTED TO THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF <br />HEALTH FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE NPDES PERMIT SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS, <br />INCLUDING SALINITY. <br />GROUND WATER <br />1. CONTINUATION OF AN INFLOW STUDY A7 THE MINE WITH THE SOURCES OF SEEPS <br />MAPPED ONCE YEARLY. FLOWS AND FIELD PARAMETERS SHALL BE SAMPLED AS <br />PRACTICABLE. A HEAVY INFLOW MONTH SUCH AS JULY WILL BE CHOSEN FOR INFLOW <br />MAPPING. ANY NEWLY DEVELOPED SOURCES OF INFLOW THAT HAVE FLOW OF 0.5 GPM <br />OR GREATER WILL BE TESTED ONE-TIME FOR THE FULL SUITE OF CHEMICAL <br />PARAMETERS. <br />-2- <br />O <br />