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<br />-7- <br />Stipulation No. 17: <br /> <br />PRIOR TO SECONDARY OR RETREAT MINING UNDER APACHE CANYON, THE PERMITTEE <br />MUST SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE FOR THE DIVISION TO MAKE <br />FINDINGS THAT THE OPERATION WILL: <br />1) NOT INTERRUPT, DISCONTINUE, OR PRECLUDE FARMING ON THE ALLUVIAL <br />VALLEY FLOORS. <br />2) NOT CAUSE MATERIAL DAMAGE TO THE QUANTITY OF GROUND WATER THAT <br />SUPPLIES THE ALLUVIAL VALLEY FLOORS. <br />3) PRESERVE THE ESSENTIAL HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ALLUVIAL VALLEY <br />FLOORS. <br />Stipulation No. 18: <br />WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE, THE PERMITTEE MUST SUBMIT THE <br />RESULTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF A GRAB SAMPLE FROM THE TOPSOIL STOCKPILE NEAR <br />THE DEVELOPMENT WASTE DISPOSAL PILE. IN ADDITION, THE PERi~1IT <br />APPLICATION MUST BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION. <br />Stipulation No. 19: <br />WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE THE PERMITTEE MUST PROVIDE A PLAN TO <br />THE DIVISION FOR THE RECLAMATION -0F ALL DISTURBED SURFACE LANDS WHICH <br />WILL NOT BE RETOPSOILED DURING RECLAMATION. THIS PLAN MUST INCLUDE <br />ANALYSES OF AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF SAMPLES OF THE DISTURBED MATERIAL <br />TO DEMONSTRATE SUITABILITY OF THE MATERIAL TO A DEPTH OF 40 INCHES ON <br />THE BASIS OF TEXTURE, pH, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY, SAR, SATURATION <br />PERCENTAGE, PERCENT ORGANIC MATTER, SELENIUM, AND 80RON. THE PLAN MUST <br />ALSO INCLUDE APPROPRIATE MEASURES WHICH WILL BE EMPLOYED DURING <br />PREPARATION OF THE DISTURBED SURFACE PRIOR TO SEEDING (i.e., REDUCTION <br />OF COMPACTION). <br />IF THE ANALYSES OF THE IN-PLACE MATERIAL INDICATE THAT SUCCESSFUL <br />REVEGETATION CANNOT BE ATTAINED, THE PERMITTEE MUST EITHER APPLY <br />APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS TO MAKE IT SUITABLE OR IMPORT SUITABLE MATERIAL. <br />IF AMENDMENTS OTHER THAN NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS, POTASSIUM, SULFUR, OR <br />IRON ARE REQUIRED, THE PERMITTEE MUST SUBMIT THE RESULTS OF APPROPRIATE <br />TESTS TO PROVE THE AMENDMENT MATERIAL IS SUITABLE FOR REVEGETATION. <br />THIS PLAN WILL BE SUBMITTED AS A REVISION TO THE PERMIT. <br />Stipulation No. 20: <br />THE PERMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DIVISION A TABLE OF THE ACTUAL AND <br />PROPOSED ACREAGES OF DISTURBANCE FOR EACH VEGETATION TYPE AT THE ALLEN <br />MINE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF PERMIT ISSUANCE. FOR THOSE VEGETATION <br />COMMUNITIES (PONDEROSA PINE - OAK, PONDEROSA PINE - OAK -DOUGLAS FIR, <br />OR WILLOW CARR, WHICH COMPRISE 5 PERCENT OR LESS OF THE LIFE-OF-MINE <br />AFFECTED ACREAGE, NO ADDITIONAL BASELINE SAMPLING WILL BE REQUIRED. <br />