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<br /> <br />Attachment A <br />COMPETITNE COAL LEASE COC 67232 <br />SPECIAL STIPULATIONS <br />Stipulations Applicable To _the Bureau of Land Management Lands: <br />Sec. 15. (a) Cultural Resources. (1) Before be •nn~ng any surface disturbing activities an the leased <br />lands, lessee shall conduct a cultural resource intensive field inventory an those portions of the mine plan <br />area-and adjacent areas, or explanation plan area, ud7ich may be adversely affected by Iease-related activities <br />and which were not previously inventoried at such a level of intensity. The inventory shall be conducted by <br />a qualified professional cultural resource specialist (i.e., archaeologist or historian, as appropriate} approved <br />by the authorized officer of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and shall be conducted in the manner <br />that the authorized officer specifies. <br />(Z} Lessee shall submit an inventory report, including recommendations for protecting any <br />significant cultural resources, to the Regional Director, Western Regional Coordinating Center, Office of <br />Surface Mining Reclamation c~ Enforcement (OSMRE), and the BLM authorized officer. Lessee shall not <br />begin surface disturbing acti~~ities until permission to proceed is given by the appropriate authorized officer. <br />(3) Lessee shall protect all known cultural resource properties within the lease area from lease- <br />related activities until cultural resources avoidance or mitigation measures can be implemented as part of an <br />approved exploration play or an approved miring and exploration plan. <br />(4) The cost of conducting the inventory, preparing reports, and carrying ou# mitigation measures <br />shall be borne by the lessee. <br />(5) If cultural resources are discovered during operations under the lease, lessee shall immediately <br />notify the authorized officer of the BLM ar OSMRE. Lessee shall not disturb such discovered resources <br />except as subsequently authorized. Within taro (2) working days of notification, the authorized officer will <br />evaluate, or have evaluated, any cultural resources discovered and will determne if any action may be <br />required to protect ar preserve such discoveries. Cost of data recovery far cultural resources discovered <br />during lease operations shall be home by the surface managing agency unless othenvise specified by the <br />BLM authorized officer. <br />(6} All cultural resources discovered shall remain under the jurisdiction of the United States until <br />ownership is determined under applicable law. <br />(b) PaleontoloQieal Resources. (1) Before begi_nn~g surface disturbing activities on the leased lands, <br />lessee shall contact the BLM authorized officer to determine whether lessee will be required to conduct a <br />paleontological appraisal of lease areas that maybe adversely affected by lease-related activities. Any <br />paleontological appraisal required shall be conducted by a qualified paleontologist approved by the BLM <br />au#horized officer and in the manner the authorized officer specifies. <br />(2) Lessee shall submit an appraisal report, including recommendations far protecting any larger <br />and more conspicuous fossils of significant scientific interest identified on the leased lands to the BLM <br />authorized o~eer. <br />. (3} If any such fossils are discovered during operations under this lease, lessee shall immediately <br />notify the Regional Director, OSMRE. Operations may continue as long as the fossil specimen(s) would <br />not be seriously damaged or destroyed by the activity. Within five (5) working days of notification, the <br />