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permit application and upon a letter dated June 6, 1996 from the Natural Resource <br />Conservation Service (Volume III, Exhibit l4, Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application <br />document) that demonstrates that no prime farmland mapping units are found within the <br />permit area (2.07.6(2)(k)). <br />l2. Based on information provided the application, the Division has determined that an <br />alluvial valley floor exists within the adjacent area. The alluvial valley floor exists <br />outside the permit area, is along the North Fork of the Gunnison River and will not be <br />affected by the Bowie No. 2 Mine (2.07.6(2) and 2.06.8(3)(C)). <br />For additional specific findings concerning this alluvial valley floor, refer to Section B, <br />XVII. <br />13. The Division hereby approves the post-mining land use of the operation. It was <br />determined that the proposed post-mining land use of rangeland, wildlife habitat and <br />industrial meets the requirements of Rule 4.16 for the permit area (2.07.6(2)(1)). <br />14. Specific approvals have been granted or are proposed. These approvals aze addressed in <br />the following section, Section B (2.07.6(2)(m)). <br />15. In consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the United States Fish and <br />Wildlife Service, the Division found that the activities proposed by the applicant would <br />not affect the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the <br />destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitats (2.07.6(2)(n)). Letters from <br />both agencies are presented in Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the permit application document. <br />Based on the water depletion estimate supplied by Bowie Resources Limited for Permit <br />Revision No. 2, and on the biological assessment performed by the Office of Surface <br />Mining, the Division finds that the activities proposed by the applicant would not affect <br />the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or <br />adverse modification of their critical habitats (2.07.6(2)(n)). This is because the water <br />depletion estimate for the mine plan changes proposed in Permit Revision No. 2 are less <br />than those water depletion estimates already approved in the original permit application <br />approval. <br />16. The Division has contacted the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation Fees Branch. As <br />of this time, February 18, 1997, the operator is current in the payment of reclamation fees <br />required by 30 CFR, Chapter VII, subchapter R (2.07.6(2)(0)). <br />I6 <br />