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below and would modify the mine Plan in the following ways: Air Quality: • The proposed project area disturbance would be seeded with aBLM-approved seed mix to stabilize soils and reduce the impacts of dust created from wind erosion. • If dust becomes visible during any phase of the operations, the operator would be required to provide dust abatement measures to the road and location. These would include water or magnesium chloride, emulsified asphalt or other dust palliatives to decrease the application frequency. Cultural Resources: [f subsurface cultural resources are unearthed during operations, activity in the vicinity of the cultural resource would cease and a BLM representative notified immediately. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.4 the holder of this authorization must notify the authorized officer, by telephone, with written confirmation, immediately upon the discovery of human remains, funerary items, sacred objects, or objects of cultural patrimony. Further, the operator must stop activities in the vicinity of the discovery and protect it for 30 days or until notified to proceed by the authorized officer. The operator is responsible for informing all persons associated with this project that they would be subject to prosecution for knowingly disturbing Native American Indian shrines, historic and prehistoric archaeology sites, or for collecting artifacts of any kind, including historic items and/or arrowheads and pottery fragments from Federal lands. Invasive, Non-native species: The operator is required to control weeds for the life of the Plan in accordance with Montrose County weed regulations and the Colorado Noxious Weed Act. The operator would be required to submit a Pesticide Use Proposal to the BLM prior to actual noxious weed control for approval of herbicides or mechanical controls. As a safeguard to avoid the inadvertent invasion of noxious weeds, vehicle(s) that have been driven in weed-infested areas should be cleaned with high pressure spray equipment before entering non-infested areas. The operator and BLM staff would monitor for noxious weeds and contact the applicant regarding treatment required. Use of pesticides would comply with the applicable Federal and state laws. Pesticides would be used only in accordance with their registered uses and within limitations imposed by the Secretary of the Interior. Prior to the use of pesticides, the holder would obtain from the authorized officer written approval of the applicant's plan showing the type and quantity of material to be used, pest(s) to be controlled, method of application, location of storage and disposal of containers, and any other information deemed necessary by the authorized officer. The plan should be submitted no later than March l of any calendar year to cover the proposed activities for the next growing season. Emergency use of pesticides would be approved in writing by the authorized officer prior to such use.