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• AND TAiING OF INSTALLATION wII.L BE MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY THB OPERATOR AND THE DIVLSION AFTER FURTHER FB?LD INVESTIOATION, HUT INSTALLATION SHALL OCCUR NO LATER THAN AUGUST 31, 1995. MGNITGRBVG SHALL OCCUR SEMI- ANNUALLY FOR FIELp PARAMETERS AND WATER LEVEL, AND ONE FULL SUITE SAMPLE SHALL BE TAKEN ANNUALLY IN THE FALL. THE TEST PARAMETERS FOR THE FULL SUITE SAMPLE SHALL BE THE SAME AS REQUIItED FOR.THE ALLUVIAL WELLS (TABLE 4F) PLUS MAGNESIUM AND SAR. Stipulation No. 35 THE OPERATOR SHALL SUBMIT A TECHNICAL REVISION WHICH wII.L ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF ADDTTIONAL SUBSIDENCE MONITORING FOR PANELS 19-23, 24-30, AND 31-38 PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF MINING THESE AREAS BUT NO LATBR THAN JUNE 1, 1995. Summary The Review Process The Bear Coal Company operations cvmently consist of one active underground mine (Bear No. 3), and two inactive mines that have been rechumed (Bear Nos. 1 and 2). The mining • operation is located approximately ten miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado, and onetluarter mile east of Somerset, Colorado (Figure 1). The mining area is located adjacent to the North Fork of the Gunnison River (North Fork). The Bear Mine has been in continuous operation since 1934. Annual average production ranges from 250,000 to 500,000 tons of coal were extracted from the C-Seam within Federal Coal Leases D-052502 and C-0117192, at the Bear No. 3 Mine. C-Seam mining has since ceased. B-Seam mining was approved wiW Technical Revision No. 3 and has continued to date. Areas of approximately 19 acres and eight acres have been disturbed at Ute Bear No. 1 and 2, and at Ute Bear No. 3, respectively. The original permit C-81-033 was issued on July 19, 1982. On July 3, 1985, Bear Coal Company submitted a permit revision which proposed the addition of Federal Coal Lease No. C-0117192 to the mine plan. This addition involved portions of the C-Seam immediately adjacent to the previously approved permit boundary. The permit revision was deemed complete on July 12, 1985. Adequacy concerns were resolved in September 1985, and an approval decision was issued September 18, 1985. The decision document of September 18, 1985 contains specific details regarding the permit revision process. The first renewal application was received November on 6, 1986. Following the review process, a proposed decision was published on Juae 25, 1987. Details regarding the renewal fording can be reviewed within the June 18, 1987 decision document. • The, second renewal application was received on January 16, 1992. The application was complete, as submitted. Renewal adequacy responses were submitted to the Division on 3