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<br />Stipulation No. 2: <br /> <br />PRIOR TO DISTURBANCE IN THE MOFFAT AREJ+, THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT AND <br />P,ECEIVE APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED PLAN CON+:ERNING THE DEPOSITION OF EXCESS SPOIL <br />OUTSIDE OF THE MINED AREA. PDEQUATE ANfLYSES WILL BE SUBMITTED TO DETERMINE <br />COMPLIANCE WITH PART 4.09 OF THE COLORADO PERMANENT REGULATORY PROGRAM, <br />INCLUDING, BUT N07 LIMITED T0, STABILITY ANALYSES, CONSTRUCTION DETAILS AND <br />HYDROLOGIC ASSESSMENT. <br />Stipulation No. 3: <br />PRIOR TO MINING IN THE MOFFAI" AREA, THE hPPLICANT SHALL DEMONSTRATE, BASED <br />UPON ON-THE-GROUND PERFORMP.NCE, THAT THE CONVEX LOWER SLOPES DO NOT CAUSE <br />EXCESSIVE BILLING AND GULLYING OR THAT BILLING AND GULLYING ON THESE SLOPES <br />CAN BE CONTROLLED. IF THE APPLICAPfi'S EFFORTS TO CONTROL BILLING AND GULLYING <br />IN THE AREAS P.ECLAIMED PROVE UNSUCCESSFUL, THE APPLICANT WILL REDESIGN THE <br />POST-MINING TOPOGRAPHY TO ELIMINATE TII,: CONVEXITY FROM THE LOWER PORTIONS OF <br />THE SLOPE. <br />Stipulation No. 4: <br />PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF SURFACE COAL iiINIMG ACTIVITIES IA' THE MOFFAT AREA OF <br />THE EDNA MINE, THE PITTSBURG AHD MIDbJkY COAL MINING COMPANY MUST DEMONSTRATE <br />THAT SURFACE COAL MINING AND RECLAMATIOF! OPERATIONS IN THE MOFFAT AREA CAN BE <br />FEASIBLY ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INDUCING PASS MOVEMENTS. THIS DEMONSTRATION <br />WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE USE OF f1PPROPRIATE GEOLOGIC, GEOTECHNICAL AND <br />HYDROLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS. THE MINE PLAW AND THE MINING METHOD ARE TO BE <br />ANALYZEC TO QUANTIFY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXTRACTION OF THE WADGE SEAM <br />COAL, THE STABILITY OF THE HIGHWALL AND UPSLOPE AREAS, AND THE STABILITY OF <br />THE POST-MINING BACKFILL. <br />ND DISTURBANCE OF THE MOFFAT AREA SHALL •I"AKE PLACE PRIOR TD THE DIVISION <br />REISSUING WRITTEN FINDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 2.07.6(2) THAT SURFACE COAL <br />MINING AND RECLAMATION OPERATIONS CAN BE FEASIBLY ACCOMPLISHED. <br />Stipulation No. 5: <br />A PERFORMANCE BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF b7, 580,433.00, PAYABLE TD THE STATE OF <br />COLORADO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERi(;k, MUST BE FILED WITH THE DIL'ISIOA' <br />WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE DECISION BECOMES FINAL. <br />-4- <br />