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Surface disturbance will have an effect upon wildlife during mining operations. All <br />post- mining areas are to be reclaimed to pre- mining land uses, including wildlife <br />habitat. With successful implementation of the reclamation plan, no long -term impacts <br />to fish or wildlife are predicted. <br />Wildlife habitat is a planned post- mining land use. The applicant has selected <br />appropriate plant species and distributions to benefit fish and wildlife in accordance <br />with Rule 4.18(4)(i). <br />Pursuant to the finding required by Rule 2.07.6(2)(n), and on the basis of available <br />information, the Division finds the existing and proposed operation will not affect the <br />continued existence of the previously discussed endangered or threatened species, or <br />result in the destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitat. Due to the <br />potential for Bald eagles to have encounters with power lines, there exists a "may affect, <br />but not likely to adversely affect" finding for Bald eagles. <br />X. Subsidence <br />Subsidence was last detected in the July- December 1995 monitoring period, during the <br />last period of active mining. Section 2.05 of the permit application explains that <br />subsidence monitoring for the No. 5 Mine was discontinued on November 1, 1988 <br />following completion of mining in the No. 5 Mine. Subsidence monitoring for the No. 6 <br />Mine was suspended in October 1997 after being approved in Technical Revision TR- <br />30. Monitoring will resume at least one month prior to resumption of mining in the No. <br />6 Mine. The No. 6 Mine will use longwall methods to mine the E seam. The No. 6 <br />Mine underlies the previously mined No. 5 Mine, which occurred in the F seam. <br />A. Inventory of Structures and Renewable Resource Lands <br />The permit application contains an inventory of structures and renewable resource <br />lands within the permit area (Table 78 and Map 25). The applicant identifies three <br />private residences that are within the permit area, but are outside the area <br />potentially affected by mining within the five -year permit plan area. The inventory <br />also identifies various mine facilities, an oil pipeline, County Road 107, State <br />Highway 13, a Denver Rio Grande and Western Railroad spur and irrigation <br />ditches within the permit area. Renewable resource lands identified within the <br />permit area include the alluvial valley floors of the Big Bottom area, the Yampa <br />River and the Williams Fork Rivers, the Yampa and Williams Fork Rivers <br />themselves, and several bedrock aquifers. <br />Subsidence predictions vary, depending upon the mining methods utilized. <br />Maximum predicted subsidence where two longwall panels overlap is 13.0 feet. <br />For locales where one longwall panel underlies room -and- pillar workings, <br />maximum predicted subsidence is 10.5 feet. In areas where only one seam has been <br />mined using longwall methods, maximum predicted subsidence is 7.5 feet. Further <br />information can be found in permit Section 2.05. While the mine is in active <br />Williams Fork Mines 35 Permit Renewal 06 <br />C- 1981 -044 December 8, 2014 <br />