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Revised April 5, 1985 <br />• (f) The location and extent of acreage disturbed b.y previous <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations. <br />RESPONSE: <br />Surface coal mining operations were initiated at Energy Mine No. 3 in <br />1974. A truck-shovel mining technique was utilized to remove <br />overburden and excavate the Wadge coal seam during the years 1975 <br />through September 1980. <br />An old highwall left intact from the surface mine served as the portal <br />area for the Middle Creek Mine. The room and pillar underground <br />mining method was used to extract coal from the Wadge seam at the <br />Middle Creek Mine between May 1979 and June 1980. <br />Approximately 2.49 million tons of coal was recovered from 1975 <br />through 1980. Both mines have remained inactive since the 1980 <br />closure. <br />Premine land uses on the proposed permit area were pastureland and <br />cropland, as shown on Map 2, Fish Creek Tipple Land Use. Domestic <br />livestock and wildlife utilized the area and hay was harvested on the <br />cropland prior to mining. <br />The location and extent of acreage disturbed by previous coal mining <br />and reclamation operations are shown on Map 13, Fish Creek Tipple <br />Reclamation. The areal extent of disturbed area, as defined under <br />Rule 1.04(36), existing within the proposed permit boundaries 'is <br />approximately 30 acres. Whereas, 71 acres have been affected, as <br />defined under Rule 1.04(7), but 30 of those acres have been completely <br />reclaimed and released from reclamation bonds. <br />(4) The application shall contain a description of the existing land <br />uses and land use classification under local law, if any, of the proposed <br />• permit area and adjacent areas. <br />2.04-9 <br />