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Stipulation No. 73 <br />ACTIVITIES APPROVED UNDER MINOR REVISION MR-324, NAMELY CONSTRUCTION OF A <br />0.5-ACRE DRILL PAD AND DRILLING OF TWO BOREHOLES TO FACILITATE <br />MONITORING/SAMPLING, INJECTING WATER, FOAM, AND NITROGEN INTO THE MINE, MUST <br />NOT BEGIN UNTIL MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY RECEIVES U.S. FOREST SERVICE APPROVAL <br />FOR THESE ACTIVITIES. THIS STIPULATION RECOGNIZES THE URGENT AND UNIQUE NEED BY <br />MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY TO DRILL THESE BOREHOLES IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT OF <br />USFS APPROVAL. <br />STATUS: COMPLIED WITH 11/10/05 BY SUBMITTAL OF MR-324 <br />Stipulation No. 74 <br />LONGWALL MINING AT THE WEST ELK MINE IN E-SEAM PANELS 1 THROUGH 12 MUST <br />NOT BEGIN UNTIL THE MEASURES REQUIRED BY STIPULATION 7S HAVE BEEN <br />SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION AS A TECHNICAL REVISION AND BEEN APPROVED. <br />STATUS: FUTURE. <br />Stipulation No. 75 <br />LONGWALL MINING AT THE WEST ELK MINE M E-SEAM PANELS 1 THROUGH 12 MUST <br />NOT BEGIN UNTIL MEASURES APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES, <br />OFFICE OF THE STATE ENGINEER, COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />TO STRENGTHEN MONUMENT DAM AND ITS SOUTHERN-ADJOINING LANDSLIDE HAVE <br />BEEN INSTALLED, AND UNTIL AN ENGINEERING CERTIFICATION, DOCUMENTING THAT <br />THE MEASURES WERE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR DWR/OSE-APPROVED <br />DESIGNS, ALONG WITH A COPY OF A FINAL STATEMENT OF ACCEPTANCE FROM THE <br />DWR/OSE, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY. <br />STATUS: FUTURE. <br />Stipulation No. 76 <br />MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY WILL INFORM THE MONTROSE OFFICE OF THE COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES OF PLACEMENT OF ALL NEW SURVEY MONUMENTS. <br />MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY WILL COPY THE MONTROSE OFFICE OF THE COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES ON ALL SURVEY, PIEZOMETER, AND <br />ACCELEROMETER/SEISMOMETER MONITORING IN AND AROUND MONUMENT DAM. <br />MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY WILL NOTIFY THE MONTROSE OFFICE OF THE COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES WHENEVER THE PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION (PGA <br />THRESHOLD IS EXCEEDED DURING THE MONITORING PERIOD, WHETHER MINE-INDUCED OR <br />NATURALLY-OCCURRING. <br />STATUS: FUTURE. <br />20 <br />