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that no prime li+rniland mapahle units arc found +vithin the permit area (2.(17.61211k11- <br />11. Based on infurn,auun pruv ided in the application the Division has determined that an <br />alluvial valley flour exists +cithin the permit ur adjacent area. 1'hc alluvial +allcy flax is <br />known as the Raton Crcck :1VF and w,ll not be atlectcd by mu,ing and rcclamatiun <br />activities (2.07.6(2) and 2.(16.8(31(c'll. <br />For additional specific lindings conccming this alluvial valley Ikwr please see Section B, <br />VII. <br />12. The Dh~isiun hereby:q,pnncs the post-mining land use of the operation. It was <br />dctem,inrd that the land use as defined by Rulc I.IWI711(c1 as "r.+ngcl:uxl" meets the <br />rcyuirrn,ents of Rulc-1.16 fur the permit area at the mine site (2.07.61_ )I I ,1. Both the <br />Santa F'e and Burhngtun Korthem luadouts have been rctumed to the pre-mining. <br />industrial use and reclamation bonds released. <br />13. Specific approvals ha+c been gr:uued ur arc proposcYl. These approvals arc addressed in <br />Ihr following section, tiection B 1? 117.612pm)1. <br />14. The Division linds that the activities proposed by the :+pplicant would nat aftact the <br />continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or <br />adverse nwdilicatiun ufthcir critical habitats (2.07.61_')(nj1. <br />15. 1'hc Division has contacted thr Ollice of Surface Mining, Reclamation Fccs Branch. As <br />of this time. Energy fuels'~tinn,g Company, the operator is current in the payn,cnt of <br />rcdans+non tees rcyu,red by 30 CFR Chapter VII, subchaptrr R (2.07.6(21((11). <br />SEC'llON B <br />The following findings and specific approvals arc required by Rule d: <br />I. Roads - Rulc a.03 <br />:~. Flaul Roads <br />I. l~he Division approves the rrtcnnon of the haul road depicted un Map Ko. 12 <br />since it is compatible with the approved post-mining land use of rangclm,d and <br />a request ti,r its rctcntiun +vas submitted by the landowner. 14.(13J(UIt1(Ip <br />2. The Uivision approves the alteration or relocation of a natural channel <br />drainageway hated in Starkville Gulch. The applicant has successfully <br />demunstrued that the natural channel drainage +vdl not be blocked, nu <br />signilicant damage will occur to the hydrolog+cal balance, and nu adverse <br />impacts will occur to aJjuining landowncn. (4.(L..IIatl:U11 f) <br />