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monitoring wells in the alluvium of Dry Fork Minnesota Creek. The intensity <br /> of hydrologic monitoring for surface and ground water in the Minnesota Creek <br /> drainage is adequate for the next five-year permit term. Therefore, the <br /> application is in compliance with the requirements of this section. A more <br /> intensive monitoring program will need to be developed prior to any mining <br /> within the Minnesota Creek drainage basin. <br /> 4. The surface coal mining operation would not materially damage the quantity and <br /> quality of water in surface and underground water systems that supply those <br /> alluvial valley floors or portions of alluvial valley floors (Rule .06.8(5)). <br /> The revised mining plan, subsidence protection plan, and augmentation plan for <br /> the Minnesota Creek drainage will insure that those AVF's will not be <br /> significantly impacted. <br /> XVIII. Operations on Prune Farmland <br /> 1. There are no prime farmlands within the West Elk Mine permit area. <br /> XIX. Mountaintop Removal <br /> 1. This section does not apply to the West Elk Mine. <br /> XX. Operations on Steep ;slopes <br /> 1. This section does not apply to the West Elk Mine. <br /> XXI. In Situ Processing <br /> I. This section does not apply to the West Elk Mine. <br /> aA007pr6.fm <br /> 54 <br />