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AVF Findings • • <br />1) P~rsua.^.L to Rule 2.06.8i5)(a)(i), the Division finds tea: the proposed <br />Op?ration would not int?erupt, discontinue, or Or2tIUd? 'drminy' cn <br />311uvial valley floor; that are irrigated or naturally subirrigat?d, <br />excluding unee'/eloped ring?lands wnich ar? not significant to farming on <br />Said 3~luviai valley floor, and those lands upon whim the D1~/iSiCn or <br />Board " nds that the farming which will be intarruoted, discontinued or <br />pr?ciueed is of ;uch wall acreage as to oe of negligidie imp3cL Lo the <br />'arm's dgriculturai p rduc*.ion. <br />The only min~~ng re'at?d activity which would interrucL `arming on an <br />diiUVi3~ v3iiE/ f10or iS th2 tie dCrCS; hdUl Todd whlCh nd; dlr?3DV be?" <br />CJmol9t?C. The 'DiVi;ipn prevlOU;iy determined thdL the ?.? ac'?; Jf <br />haylanC on the Dry Cre?:< A'JF which would be taken out cf proeucLion <br />repres?ht?d only .2: of the farm unit and was they?for? of negligible <br />impact. Actual mining operations will be conducted a hail mile or more <br />from the alluvial deposits of Hubberson Gulch, Dry Cr?ek, and Sage Cr?ek. <br />2) Pursuant to Rule 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii), the Division finds that the Droposed <br />operation would not materially damage the quantity or dua'ity or '.VaLer in <br />SUrf3C?Jr 7rpUnd wdt?r SyStemS thdt sUDOiy a11uv~31 vaile.; riCCr; <br />described in 2.'?6.8(5)(a)(i). <br />a. SuoirrigaL?d and flood irrigated croplands and Dcint; of diversion on <br />~uhD?r;Jn Gulch ara located upstream from the 006 Gulch confiuenc? <br />a^c are hydrologically upgr3dient from the prooc52d mine ar?a. So <br />long as Coal reserves south Of the proposed c?emit area dre net <br />inriud?o in the life of mine Dian, there i; no pct?ntlal for <br />clTinuLicn of the quality or cuantity of wat?r suepii?: b: the <br />in-igated farmland on the Hubb?r•;cn Gulch AVF. and no deta'i?c impact <br />eva~Ua`.~Cn IS 'wdrrdnL2~. <br />b. Due to the extremely limited acreage of propos?d dlsturbanc? within <br />the Sage Creek watershed, and the fact that regional ground water <br />flow is to the west, the potential for material damage to the quality <br />or quantity of water supplied to the AVF is negligible. No <br />me3surdble impact; to the quantity or quality of water supplying the <br />Sage Creek A'/F are projected. <br />c. 3ac'cgrcur,d salinity levels in the lower ;?gme^t ^; Drv Creel. from the <br />f3TCi <1':?^ UDS"`?3:11 LJ ]eCL1Gn 2$. ~Gwn ;n iC J .VC rt1, Rdn.e 3$ ~,Je;L <br />are nich enough Lna_ no degr-acation or wate~ quality is a^Licipated <br />d'Je min:ng. ?gr':cult'Jr31 3fe3; pOLenti3'~v 1mCdLt2d by 'nC"?3;2d <br />Satin "_~! .2Y2's 1nCiUde t'dC Smd:l SUblrrigd'v. ~3ra;i nd'• `2~C5 in <br />$2C t'.;r y. Ted. R9 aid 3n ~, fICCD lrrigd :e'd gr3i; 3nC 3if31f3 na'113nGS <br />in Section 28, ToN, R88'rl. <br />_ 21 _ <br />