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3 • In the azea of sedimentation ponds 002 and 003 and fill azeas 2 and 3, no cultural resources were found. Access to these azeas can come either from the P3 haul road in Cow Canyon, the P3 haul road above Cow Canyon, or from azeas above the proposed pond locations to the south and southeast, in the surface mine area. No eligible or potentially eligible sites aze located in any of these areas, with the exception of SLA7181, recommended for avoidance concerning the P3 haul road. In the area of sedimentation pond 005 and fill azea 5, no cultural resources were found. Access to this area can come from either the P3 portal azea, or from areas to the south in the surface mine area. No eligible or potentially eligible sites are located in any of these areas. In the azea of sedimentation ponds 008 and 009 and fill azea 8, one prehistoric site, SLA7729, and four prehistoric isolated fmds (SLA7733-7736), were found. The site consists of several flakes, a hammerstone, metate fragment and core, found on an eroding surface with less than 20 cm deposition over bedrock. SLA7729 is recommended to be not eligible for the National Register based on the lack of significant information potential, and the lack of potential for additional materials in buried and datable contexts. The access to these azeas must come from the south in the surface mine azea, and should not extend out the adjacent ridge systems farther than the boundazies of the inventory azea. Access out to the Picketwire Valley floor was not considered. In the azea of sedimentation ponds 001 and 007, most of which has already been covered in • adjacent survey azeas for the surface mine and the P3 haul road, one new isolated find was recorded, and two sites recorded during the 1996 inventory occur (SLA6966 and 6967). Both of these sites have been recommended to be not eligible for the National Register. Other sites outside the present survey block, but that might be affected by the proposed ponds, include SLA7367, SLA7374, and SLA7369, all of w}rich aze also recommended to be not eligible. Access to these ponds should come from the north from the P3 haul road. Access should not come up the floor of Jeff Canyon, since the lower part of Jeff Canyon has not been surveyed; nor should it come from the surface mine azea to the south, since several potentially eligible and eligible sites occur in this azea. Cultural resource cleazance is recommended for sedimentation ponds 001, 002, 003, 005, 007, 008, and 009, and fill azeas 2, 3, 5, and 8, as described, and with the conditions specified concerning access. Power Lines and Water Line Single pole power lines are proposed to extend to the P3 portal and the load out. These will come from existing power lines on the north side of the Picketwire Valley. Only those portions of the proposed power lines that fall within the mine permit boundary are considered here. A water line is proposed to run from the Purgatoire River to the P3 portal, generally pazalleling the P3 portal power line. A 200-foot-wide corridor was surveyed for the power line in Cow Canyon (to the P3 • portal). This corridor was widened to the southeast to also include the proposed water line corridor. The exact placement of the water line is undetermined at this time, though it has been suggested that it will be laid along the Cow Canyon creek channel or the existing two-track road. To cover these