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United States Department of the Interior ~~~ /G~~ <br />u ~„~o,~,,,,,~. <br />4 <br />4 <br />:Bureau of Land Management (~ <br />~ ~ Uncompahgre Field Office <br />_ 2465 South Townsend Avenue <br />''4qc ,ep0 Montrose, Colorado 81401 <br />[n Reply <br />RECEIVED Refer to: C0809 <br />COC68907 <br />APR 12, 2007 ~ <br />Certified Mail -Return Receipt Requested GRAND JUNCTION FIELD OFFICE <br />DMSION OF APR Y O 2DO7 <br />I~MINING 6 SAFETY <br />Wesley Chiles ~: ,S-/~~G{4-~ ~1~NQ / <br />Rimrock Exploration & Development Inc. :Surface Management SO <br />PO Box 430 /t'~ -eZ~'~.5~ o <br />.~ <br />Nucla, CO 81424 <br />PLAN OF OPERATIONS APPROVED -CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL REQUIRED <br />DETERMINATION OF FINANACIAL GUARANTEE <br />OCCUPANCY <br />The Plan of Operations for the J Birds Mine is hereby approved subject to conditions of approval <br />needed to implement the Preferred Alternative in the J Birds Mine EA so as to prevent unnecessary or <br />undue degradation. Rimrock Exploration & Development Inc. must conduct operations as described in <br />the Plan of Operations and in accordance with the following conditions of approval: <br />Conditions of Approval: <br />Air Quality: <br />1. The proposed project area disturbance will be seeded with aBLM-approved seed mix (attached) <br />to stabilize soils and reduce the impacts of dust created from wind erosion. <br />2. If dust becomes visible during any phase of the operations, the operator will be required to <br />provide dust abatement measures to the road and location. These will include water or <br />magnesium chloride, emulsified asphalt or other dust palliatives to decrease the application <br />frequency. <br />Cultural Resources: <br />3. If subsurface cultural resources are unearthed during operations, activity in the vicinity of the <br />cultural resource will cease and a BLM representative notified immediately. pursuant to 43 <br />CFR 10.4 the holder of this authorization must notify the authorized officer, by telephone, with <br />written confirmation, immediately upon the discovery of human remains, funerary items, sacred <br />objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. Further, the operator must stop activities in the <br />vicinity of the discovery and protect it for 30 days or until notified to proceed by the authorized <br />officer. <br />4. The operator is responsible for informing all persons associated with this project that they will <br />be subject to prosecution for knowingly disturbing Native American Indian shrines, historic and <br />