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-2- <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br />Bourg Strip i~line <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with <br />stipulations, an application for a permit to conduct coal mining submitted by <br />Walden Coal Company for the Bourg Strip 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 hlining Reclamation <br />Act, C.R.S. 1973, as amended, 34-33-101 et sec., 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 Bourg Strip Mine are as <br />follows: <br />Stipulation No. l: <br />WITHIN 3U DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE SHALL PROVIDE A MAP AND <br />DISCUSSION, TO dE APPROVED BY THE DIVISION, WHICH DELINEATES THOSE AREAS <br />IN WHICH OXIDIZED COAL HAS BEEN OR WILL BE DISPOSED, AND EXPLAINS THE <br />DEPTH AND METHOD OF DISPOSAL, INCLUDIi4G, BUT NOT LIMITED T0, COMPACTION <br />ACHIEVED, THICKNESS OF THE LAYER, DISPERSION TECHNIQUES, AND AMOUNT OF <br />FILL ABOVE THE WEATHERED MATERIAL. <br />Stipulation No. 2: <br />PRIOR TO NDDITIONAL DISTURBANCE AND/UR STRIPPING OF TOPSOIL DIRECTLY <br />NORTH OF THE OFFICE AND SHOP, THE PERMITTEE (JILL DEMONSTRATE THE <br />SUITABILITY OF THE SOIL hIATERIAL TU BE STRIPPED TO THE DIVISION. THIS <br />DEMONSTRATION SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT 6E LIMITED T0, A CHEMICAL ANALYSIS <br />OF EACH HORIZON FOR pH, E.C., SAR, SATURATION PERCEIVT, TEXTURE, <br />SELEIJIUi~I, NNU BORON OF EACH OF THE SOILS SERIES TO BE SALVAGED. <br />Stipulation No. 3: <br />THE PERMITTEE WILL PROVIDE THE DIVISION WITH ADEQUATE BASELINE REFERENCE <br />AREA SHRUB DENSITY DATA FOR THE GRASSLAND VEGETATION TYPE. THIS <br />INFORMATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 6 MONTHS AFTER PERMIT <br />ISSUANCE. SHRUB DENSITY REVEGETATION SUCCESS STANDARDS AND DATA SHALL <br />BE APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE DIVISION PRIOR TO RELIEVING THE PERMITTEE <br />OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THIS STIPULATION. <br />