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Two sites identified during the cultural resources survey are located within the Iviunger Canyon Mine plan boundaries. Site SGF742, a pictograph, is recommended for being eligible for listing; on the National Register of Historic Places, while SFG743, an old homestead, is not. The homestead is adjacent to the haul road for the mine. Neither site will be disturbed by the proposed operation. Because of this, and since SGF742 is not actually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a mitigation plan is not required (see Rule 2.0.6(4)). An additional cultural resource study was prepazed for Salt Creek Mining Company in 1983 by the Grand River Institute, entitled "Cultural Resources Inventory of Several Proposed Roads and Storage Areas Associated with the McClane and Munger Canyons Plan/Permit Areas in Garfield County, Colorado" (GRI Project No. 8292). This study can be found in Appendix [s of Volume VI of the application. The survey covered areas associated with the proposed central facilities azea permit revision. Three prehistoric (SGF1147, SGF741, and SGF742) and three historic (SGF742, SGF326, and SGF879) sites were identified. Five sites fall within the project boundaries (SGF1147, SGF742, SGF743, SGF326, and SGF879) and three (SGF147, SGF742, and SGF879) of the five sites aze located on Federal lands administered by the BLM. The SHPO has concurred with the BLM that site SGF741 will not be impacted by the proposed project; that sites SGF743, SGF326, and SGF879 aze not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places and therefore require no further work, and, finally, that sites SGF1147 and SGF742 aze eligible for nomination to the NRHP. A mitigation plan for the two eligible sites has been developed by the BLM and concurred with by the SHPO on April 11, 1984. The applicant, as part of the special stipulations attached to BLM Lease Agreement No. C-36791, has committed to performing mitigation measures for azchaeological sites SGF1147 and SGF742 in accordance with the approved mitigation plan. Mitigation activities will be performed prior to construction activity in the azea and will be coordinated by and through the BLM Grand Junction Resource Area Archaeologist. A copy of the approved BLM Lease Agreement is included as Appendix GS-i l within the amended permit application. Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan The existing operation consists of the bench, portal and face-up developments, and access road. Due to the temporary cessation status of the mine, the additional surface facilities proposed for construction during the initial five-yeaz permit term have not yet been installed. These facilities consist of two sediment ponds, topsoil stockpiles, an underground development waste pile and a relocated access haul road. Once the mine reactivates, however, these facilities will be constructed along with the central facilities azea, coal processing waste embankment and interconnectine haul road and conveyor system. l3