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Underground coal mining and reclamation operations were conducted to <br />preserve the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the <br />permit area and to reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley <br />floors within the affected area throughout the mining and reclamation process <br />(4.24.2). <br />X. Operations on Prime Farmland <br />The Division has made a negative determination on the presence of prime farmlands <br />within the proposed permit area. The decision was based on evidence provided by <br />the Soil Conservation Service which appears on pages 3-171 to 3-173 in Volume I of <br />the application. <br />The proposed reclamation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />M: \O55\B! W \TEM P\C RN 11065. G B 1 <br />Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine 2I Pem~it Renewal No. 3 <br />