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.,; <br />.~ <br />:.r <br />year preceding august 3. 1977 and at that time was located <br />•witnin or adjacent to alluvial valley floors, the prcpcseC <br />surface coal mining operations woulo: <br />(a) f:ot interrupts ~iscentinue, or preclude farming <br />On alluvial vdlley f100r5 thdt dre irrir~dte0 Or ndL'Jrdlly <br />SUDifrigdted• exCluUing unoeveluped fdnge ldnd5 which dre <br />not significant to fording on said alluvial valley floors <br />and tnose lands upon whim the ~oara has found that the farm- <br />ing wniCh will D2 interrupted. JiSCOntinued, cr precluded <br />is of such small acreaga as to be of negligible impact on <br />said land's agricultural proouction; ar <br />fe) Not materially Damage the cuantity or duality <br />of surface water or groundwater systems tnat supply tr.e <br />alluvial valley floors described in suc-sub;:ara•;r~pn (a) of <br />this Subparagraph (I). <br />~ f) To the extent tnat the applicant ,;ruFOSes tc <br />11 extract coal Dy surface metncos, ono where the arivate min- <br />oral astate' nos been severed from the private surface estate. <br />the applicant has SubmiLied t0 Lhe d,vis,On: <br />) (I) ?he wf itten COnSenC Of Lhe surface Owner t0 the <br />extrdCtiOn Of COdI Dy SurfdCe COdI rtining; Or <br />(!I) a conveyance that ?xpressly .;rants or reserves <br />the right to extract tha coal by surface coal mining, or, <br />if the conveyance does not expressly gran[ tnE right co <br />extract coal by surface coal mining. other le;al Documenta- <br />tion Supporting apalicant's risnt of entry in accordance <br />with Stdt2 law. (Nothing in the permit shall be construed <br />as an adjudication of any property right.) <br />y) Subject to valid <br />3. 1977, and with the further <br />coal mining operation s~which <br />1977, the application: <br />rights existing as of august <br />exception cf those surface <br />word in existence on august 3. <br />(I) Does not include any lands within the boundaries <br />of units of the national park system, the national wildlife <br />refuge systems, the national syStEm of trails. one national <br />wilderness preservation system, the wiltl ono scenic rivers <br />System, inCluDing Study rivers deSi~yndt2d undEr Sdid 3ct• <br />and national recreation areas oesignateD by act of tre United <br />States Congress; <br />(fI) Does not include any feDaral lands with,n the <br />bOUnddriES of any ndt,Ondl fOrESt. except to the 2xLent <br />that the $eCretdry Of the UniteC $[d[es Cepartmant Of agri- <br />Culture hey fDUnd that there dre n0 SiCnifiCdnt recreational. <br />Limoerr Economic, Or Ot he r_ values which md~ be inCOmpdtibl? <br />with such surface m,niny operations. .]nC.: - _ <br />. (~) $urfdCe Operations dn0 impacts dr2 inCiOent CO <br />do unUerSround CCdI mini; cr <br />- - ~ (3) 'where Che $eCreCAry Of Che Unit2d $LdteS =eDdrt- <br />- -~mcni Or is g~r iCUlture hd5 02~t2rn ine0. wi-tn .r eSpeCi t0-.~1dnO5 <br />in nd[iOndl fOre5 L5 which d0 nOi ndv? Significant fOr25i <br />tOVrr, Lhdt surfdCE mining i5 in COmpliJnCe wi:r` Lhe ".`•ulti- <br />ple-Use Sustained-Meld act Of 1900". ds amerDe~. [nE "Fed- <br />Cfal COaI LedS,ns amendments :CL Of 1975". d5 amendEd• Lhe <br />"National Forest nana5emeni .:ct of L976". as arreroed. and <br />the provisions of article 3! cf title ic, C.2.$. 1Q73. <br />i <br />i <br />-'- <br />