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• 2.06.8 -ALLUVIAL VALLEY FLOORS <br />Hay Gulch has been determined to be an alluvial floor by geologist Fred <br />M. Johnson, the Colorado Geological Survey, and the Colorado Division <br />of Minerals and Geology in findings related to the permitting of the King <br />Coal Mine. <br />The operations of the King II Mine do not propose to affect the Hay Gulch <br />alluvial valley floor. The only mining related feature in the AVF is a <br />monitoring well. At the end of mining, and with the approval of the <br />Division of Minerals and Geology, the well will be reclaimed in <br />accordance with the requirements of Rule 4.07 or transferred to another <br />party. <br />Measures have been taken, as described previously, to protect the <br />alluvial valley floor from adverse effects of mining. Currently, no surface <br />water reaches Hay Gulch from the project area, it is either intercepted by <br />the Hay Gulch irrigation ditch or the elevated base of County Road 120. <br />Mining operations will continue to ensure water from up-slope areas are <br />diverted around all disturbed areas to the Hay Gulch drainage or <br />contained within the disturbed areas. Water monitoring will insure that <br />protection of the alluvial valley floor is maintained. <br />There will be no auger mining employed at the King II Mine (Rule 2.06.9). <br />There will be no coal processing plants or support facilities not located <br />within the permit area (Rule 2.06.10). <br />There will be no in situ processing employed at the King II Mine (Rule <br />2.06.11). <br />There will be no removal of coal from coal refuse piles at the King II Mine <br />(Rule 2.06.12). <br />~` <br />National King Coal, LLC King II Mine <br />Section 2.06.8 <br />Page i October, 2005 <br />