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'J <br />-(. <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br />EAST SIDE COAL COMPANY <br />EASTSIDE MINE <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with <br />stipulations, an application far a permit to conduct coal mining submitted by <br />Eastside Coal Company for the Eastside 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. The stipulations for the Eastside Mine are as follows: <br />STIPULATION N0. 1 <br />THE PERMITTEE WILL PERFORM THE MONITORING OUTLINED BELOW AND SUBMIT A <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 <br />SAMPLE SITE DESIGNATED AS HARVEY GAP BELOW THE MINE (ON MAP HGP-18). <br />THIS MONTHLY MONITORING MUST INCLUDE FLOW AND FIELD PARAMETERS. <br />QUARTERLY SAMPLES ARE TO BE TAKEN FOR THE FULL SUITE CHEMICAL <br />PARAMETERS AS DESIGNATED LATER IN THIS SECTION. <br />2. QUARTERLY MONITORING OF THE HARVEY GAP RESERVOIR SEEP INCLUDING <br />FLOW AND FIELD PARAMETERS. <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 AT THE MINE WITH THE SOURCES OF <br />SEEPS MAPPED ONCE YEARLY. FLOWS AND FIELD PARAMETERS SHALL BE SAMPLED <br />AS PRACTICABLE. A HEAVY INFLOW MONTH SUCH AS JULY WILL BE CHOSEN FOR <br />INFLOW MAPPING. ANY NEWLY DEVELOPED SOURCES OF INFLOW THAT HAVE FLOW <br />OF 0.5 GPM OR GREATER WILL BE TESTED ONE-TIME FOR THE FULL SUITE OF <br />CHEMICAL PARAMETERS. <br />