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<br /> <br />r <br />the following reasons. First, the small amount of degraded <br />percolation water that would infiltrate would be rapidly diluted <br />by existing water in the system. 'Phe amount of percolation <br />water would be minimized by the small size of the contributing <br />drainage area (less than 15 acres) and the fact that the <br />compacted surface of the pad will favor runoff over <br />infiltration. Unce operations are completed, the coal stockpile <br />and sediment pond will be reclaimed and the potential for water <br />quality degradation will cease. <br />3. Pursuant to Rules 4.24.2(11 and (2), [he Division finds that <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations would be <br />conducted to preserve, throughout the mining and reclamation <br />process, the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley <br />floors not within the affected area, and would be conducted to <br />reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of the alluvial <br />valley floor within the affected area. <br />As stated previously, operations are not expected to materially <br />damage the quantity and quality of surface and ground water that <br />supply the alluvial valley floor downstream from the permit <br />area. Pond discharge sampling, as specified in Section V of <br />this document, will be implemented to document the assumptions <br />of this finding. Operations, as presented in the application, <br />will not interfere with or preclude irrigation of those portions <br />of the AVF not within the affected area. Appropriate culverts <br />and di[ches have been provided for, where necessary. <br />XVIII. Opgrations on Prime Farmland <br />A. Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6 (2) (k.) , the Division has made a negative <br />determination for the presence of prime farmland within the proposed <br />permit area. The decision was based on mapping by the U.S. Soil <br />Conservation Service which demonstrates that no prime farmland <br />mapping units are found within the permit area. <br />XIX.~ Mountaintop Removal <br />A. This section does not apply to the Terror Creek Loadout. <br />XX. Qperations on Steep Slopes <br />A. This section does not apply to the Terror Creek Loadout. <br />XXI. In Situ Processing <br />A. This section does not apply to the Terror Creek Loadout. <br />c:\wp61\terror\rn03find <br />Terror Creek Loadout <br />Page 22 <br />