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r • I-Ii;DI'rlGS OF COfiPLIAI;CC I. LEr.Ar„ rrNnNCrnL nrlu rrr±rrl.rnnlr'r; r,vrnR~trrrln;: (2.0'1 On the basis of the information provider] by the applicant, several notices of vio- lation have been issued to Pittsburg and FlidwaN Coal Company by the office of Sur- face Mining, the Kentucku Bureau of .Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the Missouri Land Reclamation Commission and the Kansas l4ined Land Reclamation Aoard. All violations have been abated; there are none outstanding. Pittsburg and Piidway Coal Company Roes not control and has not controlled mining operations with a demonstrated pattern of ~,•i11fu1 violations of the Act of such nature, duration, and with such irreparahle damage to the environment as to indicate an intent not to comply with the provisicn.s of the act (2.07.o(2)(h)). Within the permit boundary :,here the private mineral estate to he mined has been severed from the private surface estate, the applicant h,zs provi derl the copy es of the documents of conveyance. IJCth thr. Long estate lease:, page 3.%-14, Volume 9, Exhibit 3.7-2 and the h7aneotis lease, page 3.7-21, voiumc 9, E:rhibit 3.7-9 expressly grants the right to extract coal bu surface mining methods to Pittsburg and ,Midway Coal Company. The proposed operation is in corr:niinnco. II. LAND USE (2.05.3, 2.n~.5, 4.1%i) Prior to the submittal of the a?placation, the predomrn :nt Jand use classi Fi rata ens on the area to be mined k.cre 1) nhr;:b and brush ron~r~~7anR utilized by sumrncr sheep grazing and wildlife, 2) hcrhac~our, rangcionri utilizer? b~/ carlrllife, and 3) pre•/iously disturbed and ur;rec!,iimc~] ~tzih min~rl nrr•a. r'~ ,~n;~ nnri dis;:ussicn are included in Volume 5, Section 2.i. 'fhe c.~ipai~ilrtu nor/ productivity of the lands with- in the permit area were supplied. The previously rained arcr;s in Lhr• r,•rmit and ar/.i.; cent .Rr rM ~.de rc~ ries crtbed in b'o1 um= 6, Section 3.1 and Exhi!~its 3.1-1 and 3.1-2. The proposed post-mininy land nsc for t;:e area to 6c mined is rangeland, which is compatible with land uses in the ad]acent area. The Division hereby approves of the post-mining lnnrl use, :',mnr•land For dorrx~stic livestock and wildlife (2.07.((2)(7)), based~upen inFormation contained in volume S, Section 2.5 of the app!icntion. A11 surface aaners have b,~en contacted regarding their comments on the post-mining land use and their responses ,;rc ,:v,nJahlc in the pcrmrt (sec pauc 3.%-1?, Volume ';).