|
+~ ~~ '~,.
<br />r
<br />// ~ Page 2
<br />I Stipulations -Northern Coal Company
<br />April 26, 1979 ,
<br />,.
<br />,;"~':. +1 { ;'~-~ 7:,1.Fora;;'least'.thefirst.;yea~of-"g round~.wate,r•,mon);toring•at
<br />'t~'•'~~''"'''' •" the tratg 'loadouE`factlity; ~ground.wate`nsamples'shall' be 'taken quarterly~~
<br />•{- '+,' and,analyzad ft+o'the •comilete constituent list~give'Ln tatf6e 8,o.f the
<br />~, ~: 1;
<br />;' .application. ~ .. ;„
<br />8. Wi[hin 120 days of final approval, Northern Coal~Company shall ,
<br />~ ,•submit to.OSM and.MLRB the results of comprehenslverground and surface'
<br />,I '~ : ~, .,~;;;~"water, 'Investlgatlons, to be undertaken: by.'the•applicant'to:further~assess,•
<br />~,) ':.,.• _ ;'~~,.r '•.r;,,the~•relatlonshl'p.of'~.Ehe Rlenau !!2 Mine `on~extant,surface..and~ground
<br />J - n~'^~ ~ ,~ ,>"+ water. system. •• Nor[herm Coal:•Company,,shall-consult~wlt"h the U: S. ...
<br />•H~p.;,~~'_+w„'~;,~~J'~,',.Gaologlcah~Survey,;--.water,,Resourc~s.D.ivisiop ~wl.th,respect',to,ahase,. '
<br />~'~ •'~"investigations~(parttcularly in regard to aquifer testing and well '
<br />- ~ development):
<br />9. Northern Coal Company shall mine only on the advance as
<br />' /, ;; ,_ ',doscrlbed. in the: appl icatton -and •shal I•'not.mine beyond the brown shaded .
<br />'' . ~\`%!~: ;' :, tares shown".ori'the G seam development map-•('through 1980) until the
<br />,) ~"'~•,..,.~,h~r,~, ;.;Jmpacts`of'such mining have been assessed by; the, applicant;.•OSM; "anA',
<br />..• r.l
<br />~ V
<br />;..
<br />~~ : .
<br />, . x.
<br />+ ,.. •~ ~,',•~ ~,IMLRB, basad•~on.all aval•lable hydrgloglc information (including that
<br />i tl:.,r ,+,requlred•'liy. stipulation ~~-8) and also not until 'approval has been given y~P ',
<br />~'` 1 by OSM'and MLRB. ~ '
<br />` ~, 10' Prlor'to surface disposal of an under round development rock
<br /> Y: 9
<br />'~~ :.j or waste materiel,. Northern Coal.Company.•'shal,1, submit a disposal plan.,
<br />,
<br />` 4!. ~r'~"CO.OSM and MLRB'for,:approval: ~.; 1' :- ' " .
<br /> ,
<br /> ' ~'' 11. =The seed mix for temporary stabilliation"of the sedimantatlon' -, ~
<br />;.,,..
<br />l ;r,-~,s.•~;,,5:: .pond anbankments..aE''`[he'.Cral
<br />g loadout'shall
<br />•lnclude,the followin ~°
<br />',I,I ~,r~:.~+, ;.1 .
<br />,
<br />.~~ .r'[~..:,,...1' `
<br />. ',.','y-..ty.
<br />,..~, ~.
<br />~:~,- .~• %
<br />~,. ,,,.:,:.~`^-'.;:il .r_t
<br />.-:~i.;
<br />j~. <<
<br />~
<br />,.~,.,.,
<br />,
<br />Er :
<br />,
<br />.
<br />l
<br />Tall;;Wheatg~ass ,
<br />3:~0,Npure;live seed/acre.'.;''
<br />'.
<br />~ '
<br />.
<br />~
<br />,,`
<br />~.
<br />,
<br />~~,~. } ~?.
<br />~-•,,, ,3
<br />.y~"r
<br />,,
<br />-r~;
<br />,~Western Wheatgrassk .~
<br />IJeseed/gtre ,~{ '
<br />3 O ~pUre,l 1'
<br />.'
<br />~`,; i
<br />,i•' ,
<br />,
<br />,
<br />'~h ~,;'Thickspfke Wheatgras's ;f 2,0 ~//pure'llva'seed/acre "` ~
<br />~ ~ ~'
<br /> .: ",•; . , I,y
<br />RussJam,Wl ldrye , ,;_ • .
<br />~3.0-b ure-I lve'seed/acre •,~ ~ '.1 '•
<br />' f ,
<br />~ ` TOTAL 1 .0', pure'•1ive seed acre ~ ~``•y'
<br /> / ..; ,' \
<br />12. Northern Coal Company shall'monltor ail road kills by company
<br />• ~ personnel on company business between Meeker and two miles north of .
<br />the summit of Nlne Mlle Gap. When road kills identlfled'by monitoring
<br />reach a level greater than 6 deer per,mile per ,year or four elk'per
<br />,, mile per year or soma,combinatlon thereof, Northern Coal Company shall
<br />prepare a mitigation plan mutually agreeable to all concern,partles in
<br />~ ( .coordination with local Colorado Division of Wildlife personnel:..
<br />.,..
<br />;'•~.:;,,,1 ', "~;~~~' ~ "-i3::''Nort.ner~.cobl Company sha~ll~'Incorporate'~a:"study 'of benthic
<br />'~ ~ '
<br />~~- ,
<br />1
<br />-':•,Invertebrates as an'Indlcator of'water quality in upper Curtis'Creek
<br />' ".has a part,of,thewMildllfe basellne'study. This. study should bel
<br />''~~ developed in'coordlnatlon with.Local-Colaoado Divislon~'of~Vildlife:
<br />~.
<br />. .
<br />~~ ~,\
<br />' I
<br />1`'L
<br />~' .
<br />!.~:.
<br />~~ 14. This"permlt•shal) not be effective until Northern Coal Compar}y••'• ,.
<br />receives proper authorization to .operate by. the United States Department
<br />' of the Interior. - ~ ''t'
<br />:.,
<br />
|