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The Division finds that the operations proposed under the application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit azea (2.07.6(2)(c)). 4. The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, 1977, not within: a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining uperations (2.U7.6(2)(d)(i)); b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System. the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System including rivers under study for designation, and National Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional building, or public park (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); f) The boundazies of any National Forest unless the required finding of compatibility has been made by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); g) One hundred feet of the outside right-of--way line of any public road except where mine access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing opportunities provided, and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)); h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). 5. Based on information submitted by permittee, in the original permit application, the Division finds that, subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely effect any publicly owned pazk or place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office. (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). 6. For this surface mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from private surface estate. The documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is therefore not required. (2.07.6(2)(f)). Canadian Strip Mine, C-81-026 16 December 5, 1996 1.