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• <br />i <br />year preceding August ], 1977 and at teat time was locaced <br />within or adjacent to alluvial valley floorsr the pro(,csed <br />5urfdCO COdI mining CpEraCiOns wOUld: <br />(a) f;o*_ interrupt. discontinue. or preclude farmin:; <br />on alluvial valley floors that are irri:3ated or naturally <br />5ubirrigdtetl, excluding untleveluped range lands which are <br />not significant to farming cn said alluvial valley flcors <br />and tno5e lands upon which Lha board has found teat the farm- <br />ing wniCh will b2 interruptaC. uiscontinuedr Cr prECluded <br />is of such small acreac,~ as to ae of negligible imoact on <br />said land's agricultural production; or <br />(Z) hint materially darraye the cuantity or quality <br />Of Surface water Ur r;rOUndwater s•JSteWS that supply the <br />alluvial valley flcors described in sub-sub;,ara,~3pn (A) of <br />this subparagraph (I). <br />f) To the extent tnat the applicant proposes to <br />extract coal Gy surface methcCS. and where the private min- <br />eral estate hss been severed from the private surface estate. <br />the applicant has submitted t0 the tlivisiOn: <br />(1) The written CUn;ent Of ihE SJrfaCe owner to the <br />extf dCtiOn of COdI Gy SJrf.3C9 Codl rtinin ~; Or <br />(I[) A cunveytnca that expressly ;r.3nis or rEServes <br />the right t0 ex'raCt Ch._' CCdI Gy SJrfdCe coal rtirin ,• Or. <br />rf the conveyance ']Ue5 not er. ;~r _SSIy ~r3nt tf'.: ri~~ht [O <br />extract CUdI by SurfdCe COaI Wining. Other le,al d000menid- <br />t;on su;~portin~~ ap;:licant'~ riche of enrry in accordance <br />with State' law. (.'rUt hin^y in thy permit Shall be CCnStrueo <br />as an adjudication of an}' prcpert'y ri~~ht.) <br />S) SubJect to valid <br />S. 1977r and with the further <br />Coal mining OperatiOnS which <br />1977. the application: <br />rinc~s existing as of August <br />exception cf thOSe Surface <br />were in existence on August 3, <br />(I) Does not include any 13ntls within the boundaries <br />of units of the national park system, the national wildlife <br />refuge systems. the national system of irailsr the nation 3l <br />wilderness preservation systemr the wild ono scenic rivers <br />system. incluaing study rivers designated under said act. <br />and national recreation areas designated oy act of tre United <br />States Corryress; <br />(II) Does no[ include any fedo.ral lands .+; thin the <br />boundariES of any national forest. except to the extent <br />tndt the iE_Cretar•J of the United Stales ~epdrCrtenC Cf A•~ri- <br />cultJre has found that there are no significant recreaticnal• <br />[imOer, ECOnOmiCr Or GLhEr v~llUes which may be inCCrrpatibl? <br />with such Surface Wining Operations. and: <br />(A) 5Jr(aCe opEr-itions ono iWpacts are incident to <br />an underground coal Wine; or <br />(~') wnr~r4'. t. h.• Ser.ret.ary of Che Un,r.ed States Cepart- <br />ment Of A-]riCUltur~' has (I •~[_rnirE•']. with respect to lAnnS <br />in na[tOnal FOreS[; which do nCt have SirjnifiCanC forest <br />Cuverr that SJrf•7CE cinin~ i5 in CompliJnCe with the "°~ulti- <br />p1C-Uie ~uStalned-Yield act Of 1'700"r ds dmendedr the "Fad- <br />Rral COaI L?aStny y,renCW8nL5 ~•Ct Of 197j"r as amendeC. the <br />^fvacional wrest f~anacamant ,c: of 1976". as ar^erded. and <br />the provisions of artiClo_ 3] of title ia, C.a.S. 1973. <br />-2- <br />