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surface or groundwater system described above (4.24.3(3) and 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii)). <br />• 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 />• The operation proposed by the applicant produced coal in commercial quantities and was <br />located within or adjacent to an alluvial valley floor prior to August 3, 1977 (4.24.3(4)(a) <br />and 2.06.8(5)(b)(i)(A)). <br />Furthermore, NECC has committed to conduct mining and reclamation operations that will <br />preserve the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area and to <br />reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors within the affected area <br />throughout the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br />An environmental monitoring system has been installed, maintained, and operated by the <br />permittee on all alluvial valley floors during mining and reclamation operations and will <br />continue until all bonds are released in accordance with Rule 3. A hydrologic monitoring <br />program included as part of the approved permit monitors both surface water and alluvial <br />groundwater in the two alluvial valley floors, Stonewall Valley AVF and Picketwire Valley AVF <br />(4.24.4). <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland <br />No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal <br />No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes <br />No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br />XXI. In Situ Processing <br />No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br />New Elk Mine <br />Findings for RN -06, May 11, 2017 <br />16 <br />