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<br />_22_ <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(n), the Division finds that the activities :~i11 not <br />affect the continued existence of threatened or endangered animal species or result <br />in the destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitats. <br />With the acceptance o° this stipulation, the operation is in compliance with the <br />requirements of this section. <br />XI V. Prime Farmland - Rules 2.04.13, 2.06.6 and 4.25 <br />The Division has reviewed the material submitted by the applicant in Exhibit IV-13 <br />of the permit application. <br />The Soil Conservation Service has re vie~oed the soils occurring within the proposed <br />permit area and has determined that there are no soils which qualify as prime <br />farmland. Based on this information and pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(k), the Division <br />renders a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland within the <br />proposed permit area of the Trinidad Basin Mine. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />XV, Operations Description - Rules 2.05.2, 2.05.3(1), 2.05.3(2) and 4.01 <br />The general description of the mining operations and facilities have been reviewed <br />by the Division for compliance. The general description of mine operations can be <br />found in Sections 5.1 - 5.3 (pages V-1 - V-20) of the permit application. <br />The Trinidad Basin Mine intends to contour strip coal at an anticipated rate of <br />240,000 tons per year. An anticipated 1.2 million tons will be mined during this <br />permit term. The life of the mine is expected to be five years and end after this <br />permit term will expire. The total affected area is anticipated to be 250 acres. <br />Two coal seams will be removed in separate contour strip and angering operations <br />in three pits. The coal seams dip 20 - So west. The Cass seam ranges from 3.5 - <br />4.5 feet thick in the permit area, while the Del Agua seam ranges from 4.5 - 6.0 <br />feet. <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />XVI. Explosives - Rules 2.05.6 (a) and 4.08 <br />The Division has reviewed the sections of the permit application regarding the <br />blasting operations plan and performance standards (Section 7.7, pages VII-10 to <br />VII-11, and Exhibit V-2) and has determined that the operation is in compliance <br />with the requirements of this section. <br />XVZI. Backfilling and Grading - Rules 2.05.3(3), 2.05.3(9), 2.05.4(2)(a), <br />2.05.4(2)(8), 9.09, 9.I3 and 4.14 <br />The Division has revie:ed the permit application for compliance with the requirements <br />of this section. Material can be found in Sections 5.3 (pages V-11 - V-16), 5.4 <br />(pages V-21 - V-26), 7,8 (page VII-12), 7,Z0 (page VII-14), 7.11 (page VII-15) and <br />responses dated February 2, 2982 and June 18, 1982, <br />