_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981017 ‎(294)‎

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FS Agreement No.
Cooperator Tax ID No.
Cooperator Agreement No.
CHALLENGE COST SHARE AGREEMENT
between
USDA FOREST SERVICE,
and the
STATE OF COLORADO
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
MINERALS AND GEOLOGY, GRAND JUNCTION, DRAFT;JULY 16, 2001
CHANGES TO ORIGINAL D MENT ARE IN ITALICS
This CHALLENGE COST SHARE AGREE NT i ereby entered into by and between the
USDA Forest Service,White River Nati al reinafter referred to as the Forest Service,
and the State of Colorado, Department f ural s urces, Division of Minerals and Geology,
hereinafter referred to as Cooper u rN e e ro 'si s of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act of 1992, P.L. 02- 4.
A. PURPOSE:
The purpos f thi a�n C st r greement is to stabilize t ' e h
Outslopes so ' to ith in 1 d , and if funding allows, M" 5 a he o Basin
Mine, Pitkin o f r 1 stabilization of the Mine n uts a wil e
accomplished y s b " in v etation on the outslopes. eat' o e tativ se in nt
barriers near th b s o s Outslopes will accomplis d e o re on cive
to shrub establis ent. oal Basin Mine is located i S i Ran is is ' e
headwaters area o Creek, a tributary of the sta r.
B. STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFIT AND E E
The Cooperator has a large mine clo ure p a o b t a nd Federal lands in the
State of Colorado,which addresses t e r o b n e nd inactive mines. The
Forest Service is a land man e a ncy re o ibl fo National Forest system lands
and is dedicated to the man ge nt t n i res rces including monitoring stream
conditions which may c d y a e mi entries, roads, Mine Bench
Outslopes, waste p" s an ci ry a "i ' s wh' h drain water into receiving streams.
It is of mutual in fo h i to ooperate in the stabilization through revegetation of
the Mine Bench Outsl e b to r the Coal Basin Mine entry areas since these sites
are within the National r s tem boundaries. It is of mutual interest for both parties to
monitor erosion and se d' ent neration from the Outslopes in order to determine the
relative impact of these mi ' related features to receiving streams. It is also beneficial for
both the Forest Service and Cooperator to construct sediment barriers at the toe of the
slopes in order to lessen the impact of the water draining into receiving streams.
In consideration of the above premises, the parties agree as follows:
C. FOREST SERVICE SHALL:
1. Provide the cooperator$50,000 to be used towards reducing sediment contribution from
mining related facilities to Coal and Dutch Creeks by revegetating the Mine Bench
Outslopes associated with Mine 1 East, Mine 1 Storage Bench, Mine 3 East and, if
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