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Case 1:08 -cv- 01624- WJM -MJW Document 102 Filed 02/27/12 USDC Colorado Page 7 of 12 <br />that are absolutely necessary to maintain access roads; maintain safety berms and <br />stormwater run -off control berms associated with existing mine dumps and mine yard <br />facilities; maintain security fences and gates to limit public access to potentially <br />hazardous areas; conduct inspections of existing mines to maintain safe access to mine <br />workings; conduct environmental sampling of existing monitoring wells, and air sampling <br />of exhaust air from existing mines; perform weed control of non - native noxious weeds; <br />perform vegetation control around existing mine portal and vent hole openings to <br />minimize fire potential; or maintain and repair mine equipment at existing mine yard <br />facilities. As to these actions, the Court will not require Defendants to provide notice <br />before conducting such activities, but will require Defendants to provide Plaintiffs (but <br />not the Court) with bi- monthly (every 60 days) summaries of such activities that have <br />been conducted. <br />Defendants will not be allowed to close or gate open mine portals, close mine <br />shafts, or close mine vents, unless ordered to do so by a federal, state, or local <br />government regulatory agency. <br />III. CONCLUSION <br />In accordance with the foregoing, the Court ORDERS as follows: <br />(1) This action is REOPENED for the limited purpose of ruling on Defendants' <br />Motion for Reconsideration; <br />(2) Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration (ECF No. 95) is GRANTED IN <br />PART and DENIED IN PART; <br />(3) Defendants' Motion for Reconsideration is GRANTED in so far as the <br />Court's injunction will be amended to allow Defendants; other federal, <br />7 <br />