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data, the Division finds that subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned pazk or place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). 6. For this surface mining operation private mineral estate has been severed from private surface estate; therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) has been provided and has been incorporated in the permit application, Exhibit 3.7-1 (2.07.6(2)(f)). On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and federal agencies as a result of the Section 34-33-114(3)compliance review required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Division finds that Pittsbwg & Midway does not own or control any operations which aze currently in violation of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State law, rule, or regulation, or any provision of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coa] Mining Reclamation Act (2.07.6(2)(g)(i))• 8. Pittsbwg & Midway does not control and has not controlled mining operations with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of the Act of such natwe, dwation, and with such resulting irreparable damage to the environment as to indicate an intent not to comply with the provisions of the Act (2.07.6(2)(h)). 9. The Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation operations to be performed under this permit will not be inconsistent with other such operations anticipated to be performed in azeas adjacent to the permit azea (2.07.6(2)(1)). 10. The Division currently holds a $7,171,716.00 reclamation performance bond for the Edna Strip Mine. The current reclamation liability for the operation is $7,171,716.00.00. Reclamationliabilityfor distwbanceinthe West Ridge and Moffat Areas is $7,]21,196.00. Remaining liability for the South of Shop slide area is $50,520.00. The South of Shop area was reincorporated into the permit boundary in 1988, following a slope failwe on previously released lands in 1984. Two bond release requests at the Edna Mine have been approved. On April 27, 1984, the Division released $1,622,OOO.OOfortyork completed in the Center Ridge Area. The Division retained $20,000.00 of the original $1,642,000.00 bond amount for futwe rill and gully stabilization. On August 13, 1990, the Division approved the release of the remaining $20,000.00, since the azea had remained stable with minimal erosion. No other areas within the current permit boundary have been released from liability (2.07.6(2)(j)). 11. The Division has made a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland within the permit azea. The decision was based on an August 21, 1978 letter from the Soil Conservation Service that states that no prime farmland mapping units aze found within the Fdm Mine 13 Permit Renewal No. 3