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Surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be <br /> conducted to preserve the essential hydrologic functions of <br /> alluvial valley floors outside the permit area and to <br /> reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial <br /> valley floors within the affected area throughout the mining <br /> and reclamation process (4.24.2) . <br /> XII . Operations on Prime Farmland <br /> The Division has made a negative determination on the presence of prime <br /> farmlands based on information from the Soil Conservation Service and <br /> in the permit application in Volume I , Sections 2.04.9 and 2.04. 12. <br /> No land within the permit area is irrigated, average annual <br /> precipitation is nine inches , and in many instances , the land slope <br /> exceeds ten percent. In addition, a soil survey of the area shows no <br /> soils designated as potential prime farmlands . <br /> Pursuant to Rule 2 .07.6(2)(k) , the Division finds the proposed <br /> operation in compliance with the requirements for Prime Farmlands . <br /> JHB/bjw <br /> 6/3/93 <br /> 7198F <br /> -46- <br />