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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 41 <br />confluence of Scullion Gulch and the White River, subsequent to construction of Kenney <br />Reservoir. Water to supply the mine is now pumped from the lagoon, rather than from the <br />alluvium. <br /> <br />Due to high water table in the immediate vicinity of the raw water lagoon, cattails and <br />other wetland species that are not significant to farming dominate the vegetation. <br /> No other surface facilities are proposed by the permittee that would in any way <br />significantly affect agricultural activities established on the alluvial valley floor of the <br />White River. No underground mining activities are proposed beneath any portions of the <br />identified AVF during the permit term or over the proposed life of the mining operation. <br /> <br /> A. The Division has determined that an alluvial valley floor exists within the affected or <br />adjacent area. Therefore, the following findings are in order for the alluvial valley <br />floor located on the White River. <br /> <br /> 1. 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 <br />naturally subirrigated (4.24.3(1)). <br /> <br /> 2. The proposed activities will not materially damage the quantity or quality of <br />water in the surface or ground water system described above (4.24.3(3) and <br />2.06.8(5)(a)(ii)). <br /> <br /> 3. The proposed activities will comply with the requirements of the Act and the <br />Regulations with respect to alluvial valley floors (2.06.8(5)(a)(iii)). <br /> <br /> 4. Surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve the <br />essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area and <br />to reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors within <br />the affected area throughout the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br /> <br />B. An environmental monitoring system shall be installed, maintained, and operated by <br />the permittee on all alluvial valley floors during surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations and continued until all bonds are released in accordance with Rule 3 <br />(4.24.4). <br /> <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland <br /> <br />No prime farmlands currently exist within the proposed permit area. Therefore any <br />specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br /> <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal <br /> <br /> No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br /> <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes