2013-10-17_PERMIT FILE - C1982056A (4)

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Land Use Cropland, pastureland, and rangeland are the historical land uses of the proposed permit and adjacent areas, as shown on Map 3, Premining Land Use. During the 1988 — 1993 permit term, no rangeland has been or is expected to be disturbed by the Foidel Creek Mine. Surface subsidence resulted from longwall mining and pillar extraction through retreat mining in the panels, as explained in Exhibit 7, Subsidence Predictions, and described for undermining of a portion of the Fish Creek drainage in Exhibit 7B, Fish Creek AVF /Stream Study, Subsidence Predictions. While subsidence resulted in minor reductions in surface elevations over longwall extraction areas, the soil and vegetation resources which support existing land uses were not disturbed. Subsidence within designated AVF areas may result in minor changes in surface and groundwater movements. Within the area affected by mining, alluvial deposits associated with area streams are of such limited areal extent that their significance relative to agriculture and vegetative production is negligible. Changes in hydrologic conditions which affect these areas are, therefore, of little or no consequence relative to overall land use patterns. Subsidence had no effect on the use of the area for pastureland or cropland. Prior Mining Activity The Mine 2 disturbance, both pre- and post- SMCRA, is shown on Map 5, Surface Geology. This mining related disturbance is designated as "Reclaimed and/or Disturbed" in the map legend. The disturbed area shown totals approximately 1,035 acres. Additionally, the Fish Creek Borehole, ventilation fan, and associated road have been constructed within the mine area. The location of these facilities are shown on Map 26, Fish Creek Borehole Area Facilities and Access Road. Recreational Lands One recreational use of the area above the mining is limited deer and small game hunting. Some recreational hiking may be possible, but access into the area is limited because of surface ownership patterns and adjacent surface mining activities. Because no game fish exist in either the Foidel or Fish Creeks, fishing is not a recreational activity within the area. Since hunting and hiking appear to be the only recreational activities on the areas above mining, subsidence had no effect on recreational uses. Existine Structures Several dwellings exist in the area above and adjacent to the planned production panels in the five -year mine plan (1988 — 1993). All buildings relative to this five -year plan are owned by affiliates of Twentymile Coal Company and are shown on Map 23B, Structures and Renewable Resources. CYCC's mine office is outside the projected angle -of -draw. No influence on the building from subsidence is predicted even under worst case analysis. The mine training center at SE' /4 of the SW' /4 of Section 29 is located above the edge of the 1 st Main West and will be approximately 50 feet outside of the worst case angle -of -draw due to the 300 foot barrier pillar adjacent to the main entries. The mine training center will be monitored in accordance with the Subsidence Monitoring Program delineated in the response to Rule 2.05.6(6)(c). The third dwelling within the five -year mine plan (1988 — 1993)area is located at the SE' /4 of the SETA Section 19. It is an abandoned, gutted structure in disrepair that which was inspected or monitored. There are three additional occupied dwellings adjacent to planned workings. They are located at the border of Sections 25 and 36 in T5N and R87W. These structures are located in the Fish Creek AVF buffer zone and APPROVED APR 2 4 2000 Permit Renewal No. 3 2.05 -173 11/1/99