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5 <br /> <br />Section IV - Permit Variances <br />COVCC does not practice experimental mining methods. <br />COVCC utilizes underground extraction techniques exclusively at the <br />Orchard Valley and Orchard Valley West Mines. <br />Steep slope mining will not be conducted at the Orchard Valley West Mine. <br />CWI requested and received a variance for the Orchard Valley Mine from <br />restoration of approximate original contours from the Division (refer to the <br />Final Abandonment Appendix in Volume 6A). No variance is required for the <br />Orchard Valley West Mine site area. Cover will return the west area to <br />approximate original contours. <br />No prime or unique farmlands have been identified within the permit area <br />(refer to Land Use Appendix in Volume 9 and Soils Appendix in Volume 9). <br />COVCC will not delay contemporaneous reclamation of surface and underground <br />mining operations. <br />COVCC conducted detailed investigations concerning alluvial valley floor areas <br />and received a negative determination from the Division (refer to Alluvial <br />Valley Floor Studies in Technical Revision No. 13). <br />COVCC will not practice auger mining techniques at the Orchard Valley or <br />Orchard Valley West Mines. <br />All support facilities are located within the permit area. <br />In situ processing activities will not be conducted at the Orchard Valley or <br />Orchard Valley West Mines. <br />_22_ <br />