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c) Pursuant to Rule 4.24.2(1),the Division finds that the proposed surface coal mining <br /> operation has been designed to preserve the essential hydrologic functions of <br /> alluvial valley floors. <br /> For additional specific findings concerning this alluvial valley floor please see Section B, <br /> XVII. <br /> 13. The Division hereby approves the post-mining land uses of the operation. It was <br /> determined that grazing for both livestock and wildlife for the bench areas and irrigated <br /> cropland use for the storage silos, truck dump, train loadout areas, and the railroad spur <br /> meet the requirements of Rules 4.16 and 2.07.6(2)(1). <br /> 14. Specific approvals have been granted or are proposed. These approvals are addressed in <br /> the following section, Section B (2.07.6(2)(m)). <br /> 15. The Division finds, based on prior permit application information, various additional <br /> annual reports, and monthly site inspections, that the activities proposed by the applicant <br /> would not affect the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in <br /> the destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitats (2.07.6(2)(n)). The <br /> Division had required, as Stipulation No.43,attached to the Permit Renewal No.2 decision <br /> document, that the operator recalculate all potential water depletions associated with the <br /> Bowie No. 1 Mine. This calculation, submitted in Minor Revision No. 86, was used to <br /> determine the amount of compensation that the operator remitted to the United States Fish <br /> and Wildlife Service for compliance with the "Windy Gap" process of the Endangered <br /> Species Act (2.07.6(2)(n)). <br /> 16. The Division has contacted the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation Fees Branch. As of <br /> this time, BRL, is current in the payment of reclamation fees required by 30 CFR Chapter <br /> VII, subchapter R(2.07.6(2)(o)). <br /> Section B - Rule 4 <br /> I. Roads - Rule 4.03 <br /> Road information for the Bowie No. 1 Mine can be found in Sections 2.05.3 and 4.03 of <br /> the PAP (Volume 1), as well as on maps in Volume 6A and Volume 8. Stability <br /> information can be found in Volume 6 of the PAP. <br /> The Bowie No. 1 Mine road system consisted of seven haul roads, four access roads and <br /> five light use roads. Four haul roads were at the main East Mine facilities area (now <br /> reclaimed with the removal of the asphalt paving and the narrowing of the road's width), <br /> at the West Mine (now reclaimed), at the West Ridge Waste Pile and at the ROM stockpile <br /> (most of the length of which has been reclaimed). The three remaining haul roads are the <br /> three short, paved entrances at the unit train loadout. The access roads at the East Mine <br /> include an access road leading from the crushing and screening bench up to the warehouse <br /> area,portal bench and fan bench, an access road(now reclaimed)that led to the West Ridge <br /> 19 <br />