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Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture that <br />demonstrates that no prime farmland mapping units aze found within the permit azea <br />(2.07.6(2)(k)). <br />12. Based on information provided in the application, the Division has determined that <br />alluvial valley floors exist within the permit or adjacent azea. The alluvial valley floors <br />aze known as Little Grassy Creek, Grassy Creek and Fish Creek (2.07.6(2) and <br />2.06.8(3)(C)). For additional specific findings concerning these alluvial valley floors <br />please see Section B, XIII. <br />13. The Division has approved the post-mining land use of the operation. It was determined <br />that a return to rangeland and grazing for domestic livestock and wildlife meets the <br />requirements of Rule 4.16 for the permit azea (2.07.6(2)(1)). <br />14. Specific approvals have been granted or aze proposed. These approvals aze addressed in <br />the following section, Section B (2.07.6(2)(m)). <br />15. The Division fmds that the activities proposed by the applicant would not affect the <br />continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or <br />adverse modification of their critical habitats (2.07.6(2)(n)). <br />16. As of this time, Seneca Coal Company, the operator, is current in the payment of <br />reclamation fees required by 30 CFR Chapter VII, subchapter R (2.07.6(2)(0)). <br />SECTION B- Rule 4 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 <br />The Seneca II Mine utilizes three types of roads within the permit azea. Haul Roads will <br />be used to haul coal from the pit to the Hayden Station or the Hayden Gulch Loadout. <br />Access Roads and a number of light-use roads aze used to gain access to monitoring <br />facilities and reclamation azeas. All roads within the permit boundary aze depicted on <br />Exhibit 12-1 and discussed in Volume 10, Tab 12. <br />A. Haul Roads <br />There are approximately seventeen miles of existing haul roads at the Seneca II <br />Mine, and over the next five years no new haulage roads aze planned outside of the <br />estimated disturbance azea. These roads aze shown on Exhibit 12-1 of the permit <br />application package. However, large portions of these haul roads have been <br />reclaimed or aze in the process of being reclaimed. <br />Alternative criteria and specifications were used during the design of haul roads. <br />These criteria and specifications were approved by the Division following an <br />11 <br />