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S. Sec. 31. Special Stipulations (continued) (1) The lessee shall consult with all owners of occupied dwellings and maintain or, with the owner's consent, adjust the designated 300-foot buffer zone in order to mine near private dwellings located on the lease. (m) With respect to the golden eagle nest sites, identified on this lease (maps attached) or any eagle nest sites discovered in the future: (1) No permanent surface facilities or disturbances shall be Located within a one-fourth mile radius buffer zone around each golden eagle nest site. (2) No surface activities will be allowed within the eagle nest site buffer zones from March 1 to July L. (3) Any proposed activities in, or adjacent to the eagle nest site buffer zones will require approval from the BL?1 on a site-specific basis, after consultation vLth the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (n) A 1/8 mile buffer zone on each side of perennial, intermittent, and ephemeral streams with riparian habitat will be protected from suface disturbance, excluding subsidence. If riparian habitat disturbance is unavoidable, i[ will be appr wed on a site specific basis by BL~i after consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fieh and Wildlife Service. (o) A seasonal closure on surface activities, from December 1 to Arpil 15, shall be imposed on all portions of the lease identified as "most critical big game • winter range" (map attached). Where surface facilites must be located on these ranges, off-site habitat improvement or mitigation may be required. Such activities must be appr wed by the.BLM after consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife. (p) The lessee, prior to mining coal,, will prepare a NEPA quality environmental analysis assessing alternative methods of transportation. The purpose of the assessment is to determine the most environmentally acceptable and least impactin; routs and/or means of hauling coal to the loadou[ facility. The asses:;mont will consider all impacted resources. The aL:~: r:i.itivas assessed wLll be determined by BI.M (Montrose District) in conaultatt~~n with the lessee, Delta County and the State of Colorado (Mined Iand Reclamation Division and State Department of Transportation). The BLN, with tlir :~buve consulting agencies will determine if the analysis meets NEPA require- ments upon its completion. The most environmentally and economically acceptable and least impacting route and/or means of hauling coal to the to ad out facility will be submitted by the lessee as part of the Colorado Mined Iand Reclamation Division permit application. The assessment will be accompanied by a separate analysis of the economic feasability of each alternative assessed to be utilized in the decision making process. (q) The mine permitting process will include, but not be limited to, the consideration of the following operational mitigating measures: • (L) Detailed geotechnical studies shall be conducted by the lessuu prior to construction of a portal and associated facilities to determine if the area is compatible vith the new portal site. (2) A visual contrast analysis will be made by the lessee prior to.construc- tion of proposed surface modifications and reclamation efforts to assure minimum visual impact at all stages of tract development, and compliance with BLM`s Visual Resource Management (VRM)-polieies. (3) All coal transportation will be by conveyor or other permanent alternative method to avoid truck hauling on State Highway 133. l l: UlV 8l bdY ~Q .~,!, av~ .~i,~ ,~... ~nr