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selected appropriate plant species and distributions to benefit fish and wildlife <br />(4.18(4)(1)). <br />X. Subsidence Control <br />The applicant used a subsidence control plan in accordance with Rule 2.05.6(6) and <br />committed to adopt all measures in order to reduce the likelihood of subsidence and <br />prevent material damage to Hubbard Creek. The Division has approved the plan <br />(4.20.1(2) and 4.20.3(1)). No structures aze within the projected area to be affected <br />by the Sanborn Creek Tracts subsidence. However, there aze several landslide <br />features above the proposed underground workings and Oxbow Mining, LLC has <br />committed to monitoring these features. <br />2. The applicant has proposed a subsidence monitoring program, in accordance with <br />Rule 2.05.6(6)(c), designed to determine the commencement and magnitude of <br />subsidence movements. The results of the monitoring program will be submitted to <br />the Division annually. The monitoring program is designed to extend for a time, <br />beyond cessation of mining in any area, consistent with the need for verification of <br />the subsidence prediction. <br />XI. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors <br />1. The Division has determined that an alluvial valley floor exists in an adjacent area. <br />Therefore, the following findings aze in order for the alluvial valley floor that is <br />located on the North Fork of the Gunnison River downstream from the mine site. <br />The Division finds that activities proposed by the applicant will not interrupt, <br />discontinue, or preclude farming on the alluvial valley floors that are irrigated or <br />naturally subirrigated (4.24.3(1)). <br />The proposed activities will not materially damage the quantity or quality of water in <br />the surface or ground water system described above (4.24.3(3) and 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii)). <br />Coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve the essential <br />hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area throughout the <br />mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br />c:Uns97~sanbornV2N03 Sanborn Findings.doc <br />26 <br />