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and necessary to achieve the approved post-mining land use, and they are not poisonous or <br /> noxious (4.15.2(3)). <br /> With TR-68,NECC proposed(and the Division approved) a variance regarding the revegetation <br /> plan and success criteria. In particularly,the establishment of shrubs will focus on clumps,which is <br /> believed to be more realistic than the prior plan. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife approved this <br /> revision to the plan for shrubs. <br /> XII. Post-mining Land Use <br /> No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values <br /> 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. The reclamation plan calls <br /> for restoration of much of the rangeland along the Purgatoire River to riparian vegetation. The <br /> RDA will be reclaimed to upland wildlife habitat, which includes the establishment of shrub <br /> species (4.18(5)(i)). Pond 004A and Pond 08 will be retained as permanent ponds for use by <br /> wildlife. <br /> XIV. Protection of Underground Mining <br /> No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br /> XV. Subsidence Control <br /> No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br /> XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining <br /> No specific approvals are granted for this section. <br /> XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors <br /> The Division has determined that two alluvial valley floors exist within the affected or adjacent <br /> area: Stonewall Valley AVF and Picketwire Valley AVF, both located in the Purgatoire River <br /> Valley. For these two AVFs, the Division has made the following findings. <br /> • The Division finds that activities proposed by the applicant will not interrupt, <br /> New Elk Mine <br /> November 2019 Findings for RN-07 <br /> 16 <br />