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<br /> <br />Stipulation No. Brief Description Current Status <br />1 Water monitoring station requirements Complied with <br />2 Pond construction Complied with <br />3 Pond certification Complied with <br />4 Groundwatermonitoringplan Complied with <br />5 Groundwateraugmentation Complied with <br />6 Revegetation success and density standard Complied with <br />7 Pest control plan Terminated <br />8 Revegetationsuccessand density standard Complied with <br />9 Species diversity standard Complied with <br />10 Explosive storage and construction Complied with <br />11 Topographic configurationofoverburden Complied~vith <br />12 Coal processing waste Complied with <br />l3 Culvert design for haul road specification Complied with <br />l4 Maitland Arroyo crossing Complied with <br />15 Haul road certification Complied with <br />16 Bonding Complied with <br />l7 Drill hole abandonment report Complied with <br />18 Coal loadout facility revision Complied with <br />19 Permit revision incorporation Complied with <br />20 Not issued <br />21 Legal access to Section 36 Complied with <br />22 Reclamationofmineafterpermitrenewal Complied with <br />Description of the Environment <br />Colorado Coal Mine No. 1 is located within the Walsenburg Coal Field, which is located on the north- <br />eastern edge of the Raton Structural Basin. <br />Land use in the area in the past has been industrial (underground coal mining). Since 1974, however, <br />the land use has been grazing. Cattle, sheep, or horses graze the surrounding lands. <br />Wildlife populations within the area are restricted due to extensive disturbance from past mining <br />activities, deteriorated condition of vegetation due to overgrazing, and the lack of a reliable water <br />supply. The general area may be within the migratory route of peregrine falcons. A few other species <br />of small mammals and birds may inhabit the site. <br />Geologically, the Poison Canyon, Raton, and Vermejo Formations underlie the area. Strata dip two to <br />five degrees to the west-southwest. Coal mined by the operation lies within the Vermejo Formation, a <br />sequence of sedimentary rocks consisting of sandstones, siltstones, shales, and carbonaceous and silty <br />shales. A total of five seams exist within the Vermejo. These seams are the Robinson, the Pryor, the <br />Walsen, the Lennox, and the Cameron. <br /> <br />