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occurred. Since no additional surface disturbance is anticipated, no <br />additional impacts should occur: Reclamation of the site will enhance <br />wildlife habitat in the area. <br />Based upon the available information; the Division finds; pursuant to Rule <br />2,07.6(2)(n); that the activities will not affect the continued existence of <br />endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse <br />modification of their critical habitat: <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section: <br />XIV, Prime Farmland - Rules 2:04:12; 2:06:6 and 4,25 <br />Information pertaining to prime farmland is presented in Section 2.04:12 of <br />the permit application: <br />The Division previously made a negative determination for the presence of <br />prime farmland within the permit area: The basis for this decision was that <br />there are no prime farmland mapping units (soils) within the permit area and <br />the land has not been historically used as cropland: <br />No new evidence has been submitted to alter this previous decision: <br />Information submitted in a new permit application for a nearby mine in Hay <br />Gulch (La Plata Coal Corporation; La Plata No: 1 Mine; permit application <br />C-87-072) included a letter from the Soil Conservation Service specifying the <br />soils in the area do not qualify as prime or unique farmland: Therefore, the <br />Division reaffirms a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland <br />within the permit area: <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section. <br />XV: Operations Description - Rules 2.05:2; 2.05:3(2) and 4.01 <br />Information pertaining to the operations description is found in Sections <br />2.05.2 and 2.05.3 of the permit application: <br />Underground room and pillar operations are employed at the King Coal Mine: <br />The coal is mined in two continuous mining sections: After coal is removed <br />from the working face, both sections utilize shuttle cars to transport coal to <br />conveyors; which in turn transport the coal to the surface: The surface <br />operations associated with the underground mining operation consist of <br />crushing; stockpiling and loading coal: There are no wash plants or other <br />types of coal processing facilities at the site: Four types of coal are <br />stockpiled temporarily on the surface: lump; stoker; railroad; and mine run: <br />During the crushing of the coal; fines are generated: The fines are combined <br />with the mine run coal and sold: <br />Annual coal production is anticipated at 90,000 to 120,000 tons: Based on <br />current reserves and anticipated production; mining will cease at the King <br />Coal Mine in about ten years: <br />The operation is in compliance with the requirements of this section: <br />-19- <br />