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Sr,Er.� <br /> FS Agreement No. 01-CA-1 1 021 500-047 <br /> Cooperator Tax ID No. f,�•f—06 VY73 9 <br /> Cooperator Agreement No. <br /> CHALLENGE COST SHARE AGREEMENT <br /> between <br /> USDA FOREST SERVICE, <br /> and the <br /> STATE OF COLORADO <br /> DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br /> This CHALLENGE COST SHARE AGREEMENT is hereby entered into by and between the <br /> USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest, hereinafter referred to as the Forest Service, <br /> and the State of Colorado, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Minerals and Geology, <br /> hereinafter referred to as Cooperator, under the provisions of the Interior and Related Agencies <br /> Appropriations Act of 1992, P.L. 102-154. <br /> A. PURPOSE: <br /> The purpose of this Challenge Cost Share Agreement is to stabilize the Mine Bench <br /> Outslopes associated with Mines 1 and 3, and if funding allows, Mine 5 Fan at the Coal Basin <br /> Mine, Pitkin County, Colorado. In situ stabilization of the Mine Bench Outslopes will be <br /> accomplished by establishing vegetation on the Outslopes. Cation of vegetative sediment <br /> barriers near the base of some Outslopes will be accomplishe where conditions are <br /> conducive to shrub establishment. Coal Basin Mine is located on the Sopris Ranger District <br /> in the headwaters area of Coal Creek, a tributary of the Crystal River. <br /> B. STATEMENT OF MUTUAL BENEFIT AND INTERESTS: <br /> The Cooperator has a large mine closure program on both private and Federal lands in the <br /> State of Colorado, which addresses the closure of abandoned, and inactive mines. The <br /> Forest Service is a land management agency responsible for National Forest system lands <br /> and is dedicated to the management of the nation's resources including monitoring stream <br /> conditions which may be impacted by these abandoned mine entries, roads, Mine Bench <br /> Outslopes, waste piles and ancillary facilities which drain water into receiving streams. <br /> It is of mutual interest for both parties to cooperate in the stabilization through revegetation of <br /> the Mine Bench Outslopes below four of the Coal Basin Mine entry areas since these sites <br /> are within the National Forest system boundaries. It is of mutual interest for both parties to <br /> monitor erosion and sediment generation from the Outslopes in order to determine the <br /> relative impact of these mining related features to receiving streams. It is also beneficial for <br /> both the Forest Service and Cooperator to construct sediment barriers at the toe of the <br /> slopes in order to lessen the impact of the water draining into receiving streams. <br /> In consideration of the above premises, the parties agree as follows: <br /> C. FOREST SERVICE SHALL: <br /> 1. Provide the cooperator$50,000 in cash to be used towards reducing sediment <br /> contribution from mining related facilities to Coal and Dutch Creeks by revegetating the <br /> Mine Bench Outslopes associated with Mine 1 East, Mine 1 Storage Bench, Mine 3 East <br /> and, if funding allows, Mine 5 Fan. Sediment barriers will be constructed at the toe of <br /> Outslopes where conditions are conducive to shrub establishment. <br /> Page 1 of 6 <br />