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-. <br />i ~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />D rd an tr: Pn-.n ~e E•r:u m••,•V~~••c v,. <br />MINED,LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION <br />DAVID C. SHELTON Director <br />P it na~J L' Lamm <br />Go wrnnr <br />February 16, 1983 <br />Ms. Paige Beville <br />Anaconda Minerals Co. <br />555 Seventeenth Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80202 <br /> <br />RE: Resolution of Stipulation #1 to Idt. Gunnison Mine Permit C-007-80 <br />Dear Ms. Beville: <br />Stipulation No. 1 to the Mt. Gunnison Mine permit required the following: <br />ARCO COAL SHALL SELECT, IN CONSULTATIOIJ WITH MLRU AND OSM, <br />APPROPRIATE AREAS TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE DRY MEAUOW REFERENCE <br />AREA FKOId 0.8 ACRES TO APPROX114ATELY 2.0 ACRES. THE ENLARGED DKY <br />I'7EADOW REFERENCE AREA SHALL BE MAPPEU AT A SCALE OF 1"=100' TU <br />CLEARLY SHOW THE NEW BOUNDARIES ANU THOSE AREAS WITHIN THE REVISED <br />REFERENCE AREA WHICH WILL NOT BE SAMPLED IN THE FUTURE. THE <br />REVISED REFERENCE AREA, AS WELL AS THE DRY MEADOW AREAS TO BE <br />AFFECTED, SHALL BE SAMPLED BY SEPTEt•16EK 1, 1982 FOR COVER, <br />PRODUCTION, AND WOODY PLANT DENSITY USING THE METHODS IDENTIFIED IN <br />THE APPLICATION FOR THE BASELINE REFERENCE AREA SURVEY. NO SUKFACE <br />DISTURBANCE OTHER THAN THAT NECESSARY FOR THE IIJSTALLATIOfJ OF THE <br />DIVERSIOIJ DITCH SYSTEM SHALL OCCUR ON THE PRUPOSEU UPPER TERRACE <br />DRY MEADOW AREAS OF DISTURBANCE PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF ALL <br />VEGETATION SAMPLING REQUIRED HEREIN. THE VEGETATION <br />CHARACTERISTICS OF THE KEVISED REFERENCE AREA SHALL BE <br />STATISTICALLY COI~IPAREU TO THOSE OF THE CORRESPONDING AFFECTED AREAS <br />USING THE PROCEDURES DISCUSSED IIJ THE APPLICATIOIJ. A SPECIFIC PLAN <br />SHALL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE URY MEADOW REFERENCE AREA THAT WILL <br />ENSURE THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF THIS AREA THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF <br />THE hIINE. THE DRY hIEADOW MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL INCLUDE MEASURES TO <br />ENSURE THAT THE VEGETATION TYPE KEMAINS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED FROM <br />THE PRIMARILY HERBACEOUS VEGETATI011 STRUCTURE THAT EXISTED AT THE <br />TIME OF THE 1980 REFERENCE AREA BASELINE IIJVENTORY. PRIOR TO <br />COMPLETION OF THE BASELINE INVENTORY FOR 7HE URY MEAUUW COMMUNITY, <br />THE PROPOSED DRY MEADUIJ AFFECTED AREAS SHALL BE MANAGED IN THE SAME <br />WAY AS THE REVISED DRY MEADOW REFERENCE AKEA. THE KEVISED <br />REFERENCE AREA MAP, ALL DATA ANU ANALYSES, AND THE REFERENCE AREA <br />1~1ANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL TO THE DIVISION. <br />A?n Crnhnn~al Rn~irtin q. 14r"= Shr•nnarl Slrngl [hnvr•r r'•I~~r;7.1•~ P.n?na TCI 1•'n i} P.R~ l`~~~% <br />