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to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit area. Please <br />refer to Section B.III. (Hydrologic Balance) of this document for additional discussion of <br />the predicted hydrologic consequences of mining operations at the Southfield Mine (Rule <br />2.05.6(3) and Rule 4.05). <br />4. The Division finds that the affected area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, <br />1977, not within: <br />a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i)); <br />b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations <br />(2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br />c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, <br />the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild <br />and Scenic Rivers System including rivers under study for designation, and National <br />Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); <br />d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional <br />building (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); the Division has approved affected area near the <br />Florence Mountain Park; <br />e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(Q); <br />f) The boundaries of any National Forest (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); <br />g) One hundred feet of the outside right -of -way line of any public road except where <br />mine access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the <br />necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing <br />opportunities provided, and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)); <br />h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner <br />has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). <br />5. On the basis of information submitted in the form of a cultural resources survey (see <br />Exhibit 6 in the PAP), the Division finds that subject to valid existing rights as of August <br />3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place <br />listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by <br />the State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). <br />6. For this surface mining operation private mineral estate has been severed from private <br />surface estate, therefore the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) has been provided <br />in the form of lease agreements as provided in Section 2.03.6 of the PAP (2.07.6(2)(f)). <br />7. On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and <br />14 <br />