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A. The applicant has proposed the use of persistent pesticides on the site during mining <br />and/or reclamation operations. The Division proposes to approve this usage (4.18(5)(g)). <br />B. Fish and wildlife habitat is a planned post -mining land use. The applicant has selected <br />appropriate plant species and distributions to benefit fish and wildlife (4.18(5)(i)). <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining — Rule 4.19 <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br />XV. Subsidence Control — Rule 4.20 <br />Subsidence information is included in Section 2.1.9 of the application. Information <br />provided demonstrates the absence of renewable resource lands or structures in the permit and <br />adjacent areas which would potentially be affected by subsidence. As a result, no subsidence <br />monitoring is necessary, and a subsidence control plan is not required. <br />There is a small area of privately owned surface within the permit area that is scheduled to <br />be undermined in the future. The operator has committed within the application (p. 2-24) to provide <br />written notification to surface owners at least six months prior to initiation of mining beneath their <br />properties, as required by Rule 4.20.2. A sample notification letter is provided on page 2-25 of the <br />application. <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining — Rule 4.22 <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors — Rule 4.24 <br />Sufficient information was provided by the applicant to determine that the East Salt Creek <br />Valley within and adjacent to the permit area is an alluvial valley floor (AVF), based on the extent <br />of alluvial deposits, and potential for irrigation as demonstrated by the existence of irrigated hayland <br />in the mine vicinity. <br />The alluvial valley floor assessment is presented on pages 4-4 through 4-9 of the <br />application, and the extent of the AVF, and nature of the agricultural practices on the AVF is depicted <br />on Figure 4.1-2. Approximately 1 acre of undeveloped rangeland AFV was disturbed by mine road <br />and office facilities construction. Less than I% of the total area of alluvial valley floor within a one- <br />half mile radius of the confluence of McClane Canyon and East Salt Creek would be disturbed by <br />the operation, and there will be no disturbance to irrigated cropland. <br />The following specific findings are required. <br />A. The Division finds that activities proposed by the applicant will not interrupt, <br />discontinue, or preclude farming on the alluvial valley floors that are irrigated or naturally <br />