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THE DIVISION DIRECTS MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY PRIOR TO ANY DISTURBANCE AT THE <br />UPPER WASTE PILE SITE TO SUBMIT AN APPROPRIATE AMENDMENT TO THE OPERATION PLAN <br />WITHIN THE EXISTING PERMIT TO LIMIT EXTRACTION BENEATH THE WASTE PILE AND WITHIN <br />A DEEMED BUFFER ZONE TO PRIMARY DEVELOPMENT ONLY. THE SURFACE BUFFER ZONE <br />WILL BE DEFINED BY THE SUBSIDENCE ANGLE OF DRAW. <br />STATUS: FORGIVEN 8/$/1993 <br />Stipulation No. 7 <br />THE DIVISION DIRECTS MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY DISTURBANCE AT THE <br />UPPER WASTE SITE, TO INSTALL SEVERAL ELECTRONIC TILT METER TUBES DOWNSLOPE FROM <br />THE TOE OF THE PROPOSED WASTE STRUCTURE. THESE TILT METER INSTALLATIONS SHALL <br />BE INSTALLED AS SPECIFIED IN MCCS AUGUST 15, 198$ SUBMITTAL. ONE INDICATOR <br />SHALL BE INSTALLED WITHIN 16O FEET OF THE TOE OF THE WASTE PILE CURRENTLY HALF <br />WAY BETWEEN MONUMENTS $1 AND S4. THE SECOND SHALL BE LISTED APPROPRIATELY <br />100 FEET NORTHEAST OF MONUMENT S2, 1GO FEET NORTH OF TOES OF THE WASTE PILE, AS <br />INDICATED ON DRA WING NO. MG-R C-001, INCLUDED IN THE PERMIT REVISION NO. 6 <br />APPLICATION. DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THESE TILT METER TUBES, THE OPERATOR <br />SHALL AUGER AND LOG THE SURFICIAL AND BEDROCK STRATIGRAPHY ENCOUNTERED. <br />AUGERING SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL THE OPERATOR HAS ESTABLISHED INTACT BEDROCK <br />OCCURRENCE. IF ANY EVIDENCE OF EXISTING LANDSLIDE DEPOSITS IS ENCOUNTERED, THE <br />OPERATOR SHALL DEFINE THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PRE-EXISTING SLOPE <br />INSTABILITY. IF SUCH LANDSLIDE ACTIVITY IS DISCERNED, THE OPERATOR WILL BE <br />REQUIRED TO APPROPRIATELY RECONFIGURE THE PILE DESIGN, PRIOR TO INITIATION OF ANY <br />CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. <br />STATUS: FUTURE. <br />St~i ulation No. 8 <br />SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MONITORING OF THE LOWER PERMANENT <br />UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT WASTE PILE WILL INCLUDE THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS <br />SELENIUM, UN-IONIZED AMMONIA AND NITRATE/NITRITE. DETERMINATION OF NITRITE <br />CONCENTRATION WILL BE MADE ONLY WHEN DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE DIVISION. <br />RESULTS AND INTERPRETATIONS ARE TO BE INCLUDED ON A CONTINUING BASIS IN THE <br />WEST ELK COAL COMPANY QUARTERLY HYDROLOGY REPORTS. ANNUAL HYDROLOGY <br />REPORTS ARE TO INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF SEASONAL CHANGES, IF ANY, FOR ALL CHEMICAL <br />CONSTITUENTS (SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MONITORED DURING THE YEAR. <br />ANNUAL HYDROLOGY REPORTS ARE TO INCLUDE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF THE <br />LOWER WASTE PILE TO THE HYDROLOGIC BALANCE DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR. <br />STATUS: COMPLIED WITH $/18/1987 <br />Stipulation No. 9 <br />ANNUAL HYDROLOGY REPORTS ARE TO INCLUDE, PURSUANT TO RULE 2.04.7(1)(8), A MAP <br />