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C. The Division has determined that the 'A' and 'B' horizons shall be removed <br />together and replaced, in order to ensure soil productivity consistent with the <br />approved post-mining land use (4.06.2(3)). <br />D. The Division has not determined that selected overburden materials shall be used <br />for or as a supplement to topsoil. (4.06.2(4) (a)). <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings <br />A. The applicant has not proposed to manage development, exploration, drill or bore <br />holes, wells or other exposed underground openings in a manner other than by <br />sealing and plugging (4.07.1). <br />B. The Division will require that each hole, well or other underground opening be <br />capped, scaled, backfilled, or otherwise properly managed (4.07.3). <br />VI. Use of Explosives <br />A. The Division does not propose to approve a blasting area in excess of 300 acres <br />(4.08.3(2)(b)(i)). <br />B. The Division does not propose to approve blasting at times other than those <br />described in the blasting schedule (4.08.3(2)(b)(v) and 4.08.4(2)). <br />C. The applicant has not proposed to conduct blasting less than 1000 feet from a <br />school, church, hospital, or nursing facility, or less than 500 feet from disposal <br />wells, petroleum or gas storage facilities, municipal water-storage facilities, <br />fluid-transmission pipelines, gas or oil collection lines, or water or sewage lines <br />(4.08.4(7)). <br />D. The Division is not proposing to approve the use of a modified equation to <br />determine maximum weight of explosives per delay (4.08.6(2)). <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil <br />This section does not apply to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application. All excess <br />material generated during surface construction or during underground mining is <br />considered to be coal mine waste, and such materials will be placed in the approved coal <br />mine waste bank. <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks <br />A. The Division approved plans for use, construction and maintenance of a coal mine <br />waste disposal area (4.10.1(1)). <br />30 <br />