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~~iz>3iT 1 ~c <br />~ia3tin#sHrrs ~oai t;gmpany <br />' West ilk Mine <br />most vflica 83x S99 <br />Somsrset, Colorado a9A34 <br />Telephone 303 929-fi015 <br />' hex 303 8~3-6595 - <br />Apnl ~6, 1995 <br />M~. Rayttt4tlCl KingatOrl <br />U. S. Forest Service, Pao~a Range: District <br />P.0.13ax 103 <br />' ~Pafl¢aia, CO 81~2~ <br />' ?fie: IVdanitoring ofU. S. Forest Service ~Weter L~esources <br />Dear Mr. I~iragsttrn, <br />' To update and clarify It~ountaaza Coal Company's (MCf;') 19115 agreerr3er!t with the t1. S. Forest <br />Service; Paonia Ranger District (USES} to rnc~nitar the USla S surface water resources that are <br />located above panels to be retreat r~-~ir~ed (i.e., ]ongwall rrtiraed or secondary recovery}, I rnet with <br />' 1Milc' a Ward dt your office ors February 0'7, t 995. ~ saxrs~nary, I~CC shall: <br />' ~ l~itataiaa Map 37 tl`iat contains the locations of the USp'S surface water <br />FBaC)urCBB ~StOCk 134ri~.s} 'w1t173Lf the '4~7e5t E:I~C l~~ne area of interest. MSC shall <br />contact the USES a# least aruaually for updated USES surface water resource <br />' iad'orrr~.tion {i. e., add ponds constructed or moved, etc.) Yf updated, a copy of Map <br />37 shalt be subrtiitted by revision applicati~~n for incorporation into MCC's Permit <br />docurrierit. A current map shalt also be iructuded in Annual Hydrology Reports <br />' (provided arLnually to the USES.) <br />~ Monitor for effects of subsicle~ace by visually inspecting {access permitting} <br />' USES surface dater resources with pla:7r~ed seasonal Iivestvclc use that are within <br />the surface area defined by the angle-of-cla-s.~v horn longwall mined areas grad areas <br />ofactive secondary recovery. These inspections shall typically be conducted <br />1 monthly during the gra.~ing season only (o~nless changing conditions require $ more <br />frequent or teas frequen# monitoring irstet-val as determined by the District Ranger.) <br />This matritoring shall typically begin one dear prior to plansied retreat r:~ining (for <br />' baseline condition) and end ai~er complete subsidence of the area [i.e., two <br />consecutive subsidence surveys with teo trieasured movetnerat taut attributable to <br />natural forces (e.g., frost heave, sloughage, etc.)] MCC shall contact the USES <br />' each year to determine the areas and start and end dates (duration) of planned <br />seasonal livestock use. <br />' ~ Promptly report to the USl?S any subsidence "impacts" observed by MCC <br />itaspection. IvICC shall also prornptIy izaspe~ (access petrnitting) a reported ' <br />°itnpact° to a "use" by a gra~it~g permute ; or USES of~"iCial, <br />