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I I 2-204 I (I) I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Uses in Designated Mineral Resource Areas Containing Oil and Gas or Geothermal Resources. If the designated mineral resource area contains part or all of another designated area of state interest, or if the pro- posed use is a designated activity of state interest, the following provisions shall apply: (a) Allowable Uses. (I) Exploration and extraction of minerals subject to the permit requirements of this chapter; (II) Agricultural uses such as general farming, grazing, truck-farming, forestry, sod farming, and wild crop harvesting; (III) Public and private recreational uses not requiring permanent structures such as parks, natural swim- ming areas, golf courses, driving ranges, picnic grounds, wildlife and nature preserves, game farms, shooting preserves, target ranges, trap and skeet ranges and hunting, fishing, skiing and hiking areas. (IV) Public purposes not involving erection of perma- nent structures which would preclude permanently the extraction of commercial mineral deposits. (b) Prohibited Uses (I) Uses which would prevent the future extraction of commercial mineral deposits, unless the permit authority, after weighing sufficient evidence, determines that the value of such use outweighs the economic value of the minerals affected by the use. (II) Uses which will create a significant impact on the surrounding community, unless the mitigation meas- ures described in subsection (c) below are followed. (c) Conditional Uses Land uses which will create a significant impact on the surrounding community and which are generally prohibited in a designated mineral resource, area may be permitted if it is determined that those impacts will be alleviated through the use of documented mitigation techniques. These include but are not limited to: (I) Measures which will lessen potential dangers to health, safety, economy, or resources to an accep- table level; -8-