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-52- stipulated the installation of ground water monitoring wells in and adjoining the refuse pile. The application has been amended, in response to Division requests in the Preliminary Adequacy Review, to include monitoring results collected to date and to state the company' s intent to conform with the original stipulations. The rock tunnel refuse pile is, therefore, in compliance with satisfactory resolution of the stipulation. The temporary fill over the large Dutch Creek culvert at the rock tunnel will be removed and the material will be placed on the cut of the tunnel face-up. This area will be graded to approximate original contour, then topsoiled to a depth of 12 to 16 inches. The applicant submitted no information on backfilling ana grading of the preparations plant area. This is evidently due to the proposed ski area post-mining land use (see Section II. of this document) , which calls for retention of much of the surface facilities area at the preparations plant. However, since the applicant cannot presently meet the requirements for a post-mining land use change, a backfilling and grading plan for the facilities area is necessary. Since no further disturbance of the facilities area is planned and reclamation will not occur until cessation of mining, this topic is amenable to stipulation. The Division finds that the following stipulation is necessary to make a finding of compliance with the backfilling and grading requirements: Stipulation No. 8 THE PERMITTEE SHALL SUBMIT A BACKFILLING AND GRADING PLAN, INCLUDING CROSS-SECTIONS ANU MAPS OF THE PROPOSED POST-MINING CONTOURS, FOR THE PREPARATIONS PLANT AREA TO THE DIVISION FOR APPROVAL BY DECEMBER 31, 1983. THE PERMIT APPLICATION MUST SUBSEQUENTLY BE UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE APPROVED BACKFILLING AND GRADING PLAN. The application has been amended, in response to the Division' s Preliminary Adequacy Review, to include a request for variance from approximate original contour reconstruction based upon steep slope mining conditions. For a discussion of this item, see Section XXIV, "Special Categories of Mining". The application also includes a request to defer final road reclamation design until the completion of further observations. For a discussion of this topic, see Section XX, "Roads". With satisfactory resolution of the stipulations, the proposed operation will be in compliance with the requirements of this section. XVII. ;dine Facilities, Coal handling Structures, Support Facilities - Mules 2.05.3(3) , 2.0 5.3( ) and 4.04 The mine facilities, coal handling structures, and support facilities in Section II-3 of Volume 1 of the application have peen reviewed for compliance by the Division.