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-z- <br />Decision <br />Harvey Gap Exploration Project <br />The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division is approving, with <br />stipulations, an application to conduct coal exploration activities <br />removing greater than 250 tons of coal submitted by the Eastside Coal <br />Company, Inc. for the Harvey Gap Project. <br />This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed <br />exploration operation will comply with all applicable requirements of the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1913 as amended, <br />34-33-101 et seq., and the Rules and Regulations promulgated pursuant to <br />the Act. <br />The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part of <br />the permit upon approval. The stipulations for the Harvey Gap Project <br />are as follows: <br />Stipulation No. 1 <br />PRIOR TO ANY TRANSPORT OF COAL FROM THE SITE OF THE HARVEY GAP <br />EXPLORATION PROJECT, THE PERMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION <br />PROOF THAT THE COAL TO BE TRANSPORTED IS COMMITTED FOR TESTING <br />PURPOSES. THE PROOF MUST BE IN THE FORM OF A WRITTEN AGREEMENT, <br />SUCH AS A CONTRACT. <br />Stipulation No. 2 <br />WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF APPLICATION APPROVAL, THE PERMITTEE MUST <br />SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF TEST CORINGS AND ANALYSES WHICH DOCUMENT THAT <br />SUFFICIENT SUITABLE PLANT GROWTH MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE. ANALYSES <br />SHALL INCLUDE TEXTURE, EC, pH, AND SAR. IF THE TESTS INDICATE THAT <br />SUFFICIENT h1ATERIAL OF ACCEPTABLE QUALITY IS NOT AVAILABLE, AN <br />ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE WILL BE IDENTIFIED. <br />