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2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investigation <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />In order to determine the presence of prime farmlands within the <br />proposed permit area, a reconnaissance inspection was conducted during <br />the fall of 1981 to determine if any prime farmland was present. <br />Results of the pre-application investigation indicate that all of the <br />proposed permit area, especially the area for surface facilities, can be <br />excluded as prime farmland since the land has not historically been used <br />as cropland. Most of the area to be used for surface facilities has <br />likewise been previously affected by past underground mining operations. <br />Based upon reconnaisance inspection and subsequent interpretation of <br />soils data and previous disturbance by surface facilities of past <br />underground mining, the Bear Coal Company requests a negative <br />determination for prime farmland. <br />2.04-52 <br />