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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 boundaries 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 to the Division. (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)) On the basis of information submitted by Lorencito Coal Company, in the form of cultural resource surveys, the Division finds that subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect sites eligible, or potentially 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, therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required. (2.07.6(2)(f)) 7. On the basis of evidence submitted by the applicant and received from other state and federal agencies as a result of the Section 34-33-1 14(3) compliance review required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, the Division finds that Lorencito Coal Company, LLC does not own or control any operations which are currently in violation of any law, rule, or regulation of the United States, or any State law, rule, or regulation, or any provision of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act or the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. (2.07.6(2)(g)(I)) 8. Lorencito Coal Company, LLC does not control and has not controlled mining operations with a demonstrated pattern of willful violations of the Act of such nature, duration, and li