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<br />Therefore, the operations within a specific geographic area may continue <br />despite their proximity to an alluvial valley floor, The specific geographic area <br />has been delineated as the actual extent of mine workings on August 3, 1977 <br />and adjacent area for which there existed substantial demonstrable financial or <br />regulatory commitment to mine in the future (2.06.8(5)Ib)(ii)(B)). <br />Surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve <br />the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit <br />area and to reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley <br />floors within the affected area throughout the mining and reclamation process <br />(4.24.4). <br />B. An environmental monitoring system shall be installed, maintained, and <br />operated by the permittee on all alluvial valley floors during surface coal mining <br />and reclamation operations and continued until all bonds are released in <br />accordance with Rule 3 (4.24.4). <br />b:\BoldeB.fd <br />15 <br />