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<br />. Serial No. C-1352 <br />(REVISED 3-9-95) <br />CONTROLLED SBRFACS BSS STIPW ATION <br />BIG GUM SQIBTER RANG <br />surface occupancy or use is subject to the following special operating <br />constraints. <br />Operation.p,nd•maintenance'of•,,.facilities associated with coal mining such as <br />roads, waterlines, water tanks, powerlines, ventilation shafts, ancillary <br />buildings, and including monitoring will be scheduled to minimize adverse <br />effects on,.'hig game.-(elk) from December i to April 30. Va:acheduled use- <br />will be allowed. in emergency situations -with notice and coordination with <br />the Forest Service. <br />Limit road` use .. to; periods-.' when -:.:animals are not present on the winter >.: <br />range. Restrict--road use: to personnel associated with operation and <br />maintenance of.. coal mining facilities. Recontour and revegetate to prior <br />existing -conditions.(to extent possible) new roads when work 3.s complete. <br />on lands described below: <br />Portions of Sec. 27,. 28, 29,(30-BLM), 32, 33, 34, T13S, R90W, 6th PM with <br />winter range for big game (elk) as generally delineated on the: attached map <br />prepared by Michael K. Ward on 12-19-96. The map is for plaz=ing purposes <br />only. The existence of big game winter range on the ground will determine <br />whether the stipulation applies. in the event of any conflict between <br />written clauses of this stipulation and the map, the stipulation clauses <br />shall control. All National Forest System and Bureau of Land Management <br />lands within the leasehold which is classified as big game winter range for <br />elk falls under jurisdiction of this stipulation. <br />For the purpose of: <br />Protecting big game winter range for elk. These ranges are extremely <br />important for animal survival during winter. Disturbances and habitat <br />losses may place uhnecessary stress on the wintering wildlife herds and <br />cause an increase in herd mortality. <br />It may become necessary for a waiver, exception or modification (WEM) to <br />this stipulation for the operator/lessee to use the surface in the area <br />covered by this stipulation to allow for the recovery of the coal reserve. <br />WEM'S to this stipulation will be considered only at the time operations <br />are proposed, and will be subject to the Forest Land and Resource <br />Management Plan is effect at the time of consideration, and will be eubjact <br />to applicable regulatory and environmental compliance requirements. <br />Granting of a WEM is a Forest Service discretionary action which the <br />operator should not routinely expect. The Forest Service reserves the <br />right to impose other stipulations in the same area of this leasehold if a <br />WEM is granted. <br />Any changes to thin stipulation will be made in accordance with the land use <br />plan and/or the regulatory provisions for such changes. (For guidance on the <br />use of this stipulation, see BUS Manual 1624 and 3400 or FS Manual 1650 and <br />2520.) <br />Coal-CSU-WR 2/95