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-14- indicated on the post-mining land use map. In the applicant's response to that letter, received by the Division on February 28, 1982, Bear Coai Company committed to completely reclaim all surface facilities at the Bear No. 1 and No. 2 Mines. However, subsequently, WECC has revised their permit to incorporate the major portion of the old Bear No. 1 site, with the exception of the backfilled portal. West Elk Coal Company (WECC) has assumed the reclamation responsibility for those areas as detailed in WECC's technical revision application of 1984. The applicant has committed to returning land to the pre-mining land uses of wildlife habitat for Bear No. 1 and 2 and, in the case of the No. 3 portal anc facilities area, to return the land to undeveloped land supporting limited wildlife and limited residential use. This land use is consistent and compatible with Gunnison County zoning. The surface landowners, ARCO, U.S. Steel, Anchor Coal Company, Grand Mesa Properties, and the Highway Department, have provided written approval of the post-mining land use. Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(1), the post-mining land uses of wildlife habitat and undeveloped land have been approved by the Division. These uses meet the requirements of Rule 4.16. III. Cultural and Historic Resources - Rules 2.04.4 and 2.05.6(4 Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(e), and on the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant, the Division finds that the proposed mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on the National Register of Historic Places. No previously undisturbed areas will be disturbed by Bear Coal Company's proposed operations during the permit term. The site of the proposed Bear No. 3 facilities area has been previously disturbed by mining, beginning in the 1930's. IV. Geology - Rules 2.04.5 and 2.04.6(2) For a description of the geology for the mine area, please see the Regional Geology and Ground Water Hydrology portion of Section IX, Probable Hydrologic Consequences and Cumulative Impact Assessment of this document. The geology sections of the permit application, found in Sections 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 of the Bear No. 1 and No. 2 portion of the application and in the same sections of the Bear No. 3 portion, have been reviewed by the Division for compliance. The applicant has supplied revised geologic maps delineating faults, folds and landslides. Drill hole logs requested by the Division were provided in Maps 2.04.6(2)(a)-7 and 2.04.6(2)(a)-8 of the Bear No. 1 and No. 2 application. Electric logs were provided for two holes in Exhibit 8 of the Bear No. 3 application. The applicant stated that the depth where water was first encountered in the holes drilled by ARCO above the workings of the Bear No. 1 and No. 2 was not available, but that during hydrologic testing, no large volumes of water were encountered in sandstone zones above the F Seam. During drilling of two