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The proposed activities will comply with the requirements of the Act and the Regulations <br />with respect to alluvial valley floors (2.06.8(5)(a)(iii)). <br /> <br />Surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve the essential <br />hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area and to reestablish the <br />essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors within the affected area throughout <br />the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br /> <br />An environmental monitoring system has been installed, and will be maintained and <br />operated, by the permittee on all alluvial valley floors during surface coal mining and <br />reclamation operations. The environmental monitoring system will be continued until all <br />bonds are released in accordance with Rule 3 (4.24.4). <br /> <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland <br /> <br />No prime farmlands currently exist within the proposed permit area. Therefore any <br />specific approvals under this section do not apply. <br /> <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal <br /> <br /> No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br /> <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes <br /> <br /> No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br /> <br />XXI. In Situ Processing <br /> <br /> No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />47 <br /> <br /> Foidel Creek MineOctober 8, 2013 <br /> <br />