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-z- PROPOSE!, DECISION Blue Ribbon Mine The Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division proposes to approve, with stipu- lations, an application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations sub- mitted by Blue Ribbon Coal Company for the Blue Ribbon Mine. This approval decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply with the requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973, as arrended, 34-33-101 et seq., and the Regulations promul- gated pursuant to the Act. The permit application and the stipulations will become a binding part of the permit upon approval. The stipulations for the Blue Ribbon Mine are as follows: 1. BLUE RIBBON COAL COt4PANY SHALL PROVIDE A 14AP WHICH SPECIFICALLY INDICATES THOSE INTERVALS OF THE HAUL ROAD CUT SLOPES WHICH EXPOSE GREATER THAN 10.5 FEET OF COLLUVIUM. IN ADDITION, CUT SLOPES ON THE HAUL ROAD WHICH NAVE HAD VISUALLY PERCEPTIBLE MOVEMENT AT THE DATE OF PERMIT ISSUANCE WILL BE INDICATED ON THE MAP. FOR BOTH AREAS SPECIFIED ON THE MAP AS EITHER GREATER THAN 10.5 FEET OF COLLUVIAL MATERIAL IN THE HAUL ROAD CUT SLOPES OR EXISTING AOVEMENT ZONES, BLUE RIBBON COAL COMPANY SHALL COMPLY WITH RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING TO REQUIRED SLOPE TREATMENT INCLUDED IN THE FORTHCOPIINC HAUL ROAD STUDY. THE REQUIRED FIELD WORK, THE ABOVE-MENTIONED MAP, AND A REPORT DEFINING CORRECTIVE AfEASURES, IF SLOPE TREATMENT IS REQUIRED, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION FOR APPROVAL WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. 2. BLUE RIBBON COAL COMPANY SHALL REVISE EXHIBIT F OR OTHERWISE AMEND THE PERMIT APPLICATION TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF ESTABLISHED RIPARIAN VEGETATION ADJACENT TO POND 1. A REVISED EXHIBIT F OR OTHER AMENDMENT DEMONSTRATING PROTECTION OF THE RIPARIAN HABITAT MUST BE SUBh1I TTED TO THE DIVISION WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. 3. BLUE RIBBON COAL COMPANY SHALL PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED BACKFILLED CONFIGURATION OF ALL MINE FACILITIES AND THE HAUL ROAD, INCLUDING AN APPROPRIATE MATERIAL SHEAR STRENGTH TESTING REPORT. THIS STABILITY ANALYSIS SHALL DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATIC SLOPE SAFETY FACTOR REQUIREbfENTS OF RULE 4.27.4(1). THIS ACCEPTABLE STABILITY ANALYSIS SlfALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DIVISION WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. The permit cannot be issued until aI1 statutory notice and public comment requirements have been satisfied, and until bond has been posted.