PERMFILE101612

• Permit No: C1994082A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/6/2004
• Section_Exhibit Name: Tab 23 Fish and Wildlife
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

Direct and indirect measures for protecting and/or preventing/minimizing potential impacts •
to wildlife and related resources are incorporated throughout the mining and reclamation
plan. They include:
1. Procedures for identifying, reducing, end preventing air and surface or ground eater
contamination or diminution (see Tab 24 regarding air emission control measuree. and
Tabs 13 to 76 regarding protection, reclamation, and monitoring of the hydrologic
balance).
2. Procedures for minimizing vegetation and soil loss or modification/contamination (see
Tabs 21 and 22).
3. Compliance with MSHA and CDMG guidelines for noise reduction (see Tabs 2 and 13 ).
4. Fire Control for range, forest, and coal fires which are not approved by the
regulatory authority as part of a management plan.
5. utilization of pesticides only in accordance with County restrictions and the
Colorado Pesticide Act. Herbicides will only be used [o control noxious weeds in
accordance with an approved plan (see Tab 22).
6. Construction of mine-associated power transmission facilities in accordance with REA
Bulletin 61-10 entitled ~~Suggested Practices for Raptor Protection on Pouerlines: The •
State of the Art in 1987 (Olendorff, et.al.); or the best available technology
currently available at the time of construction.
7. Construction of fences using a ten-inch distance between [he top two strands of
barbed wire to reduce the potential for big game getting hung up in the fences when
crossing.
8. Minimization of mining and related disturbances to the minimum feasible acreage
needed for operational purposes.
9. Prevention of discharge of hazardous substances which might present an imminent and
substantial danger to the public or environment and any harmful quantity of oil or
hazardous substance into waterways pursuant to the requirements of a Spill Control
end Countermeasures PLen required by the Colorado Department of Health.
10. Enforcement of a no firearms policy within the permit area, and restriction of access
in the permit area by other than authorized personnel to minimize encounters with
wildlife utilizing the permit area.
11. Planning and implementation of contemporaneous reclamation to minimize the proportion
of disturbed habitat relative [o habitat that can effectively be utilized.
12. Implementation of effective reclamation plans (see discussion below). •
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