GENERAL39413

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Name: Dec Document for Federal Lease COC-56447
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
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(REVISED 3-9-95)
Ser'_a1 No. C-56447
CONTROLLED SURFACE IISE STIPULATION
SLOPES 40-60$
Surface occupancy or use is subject to the following special operating
constraints.
Special interdisciplinary team analysis and mitigation plans detailing
construction and mitigation techniques will be required on areas with
slopes ranging from 40-608. (The interdisciplinary team could include
engineering, soil scientist, hydrologist, landscape architect, reclamation
specialist and coal mining engineer.)
Mitigation may include, but is not limited to, use of erosion control
cloths, mats, geoweb soil support materials, lifting and saving local
native vegetation in chunks of sod to be later placed over disturbed areas,
reseeding disturbed banks with stabilizing seed mix, use of chemical
stabilizers, tackifiers and blankets and careful design of surface water
flow.
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On lands described below:
Portions of Sec. 14, 22, 23 and 26, T13S, R90W, 6th PM with slopes 40-608
as generally delineated on the attached map dated on 3-B-95. The map is
for planning purposes only. In the event of any conflict between written
clauses of chis•sripulation and the map, the stipulation clauses shall
control. All National Forest System Land within the leasehold which has
slopes ranging from 40-608 falls under jurisdiction of this stipulation.
For the purpose of:
Minimizing potential for soil loss, mass land movement, revegetation
failure and unacceptable visual impairment.
It may become necessary for a waiver, exception or modification (WEM) to
this stipulation for the operator/lessee to use the surface in the area
covered by Chis stipulation to allow for the recovery of the coal reserve.
WE."I's to this stipulation will be considered only at the time operations
are proposed, and will be subject to the Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan in effect a: the time of consideration, and will be subject
to applicable reg~~lacory and environmental compliance requirements.
Granting of a WEM is a Forest Service discretionary action which the
operator should not routinely expect. The Forest Service reserves the
right to impose ocher stipulations in the same area of this leasehold if a
WE*S is granted.
Any changes to this stipulation will be made in accordance with the land use
plan and/or the regulatory provisions for such changes. (For guidance on the
use of this stipulation, see BL'1 Manual 1624 and 3400 or FS Manual 1650 and
2820.)
Coal-CSU 40-60 2/95