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XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining <br />This section does not apply to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application. <br />XVIL Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors <br />A. The Division has determined that an alluvial valley floor does not exist within the <br />affected area; however, an alluvial valley floor does exist in the adjacent azea. <br />Therefore, the following findings aze made for the alluvial valley floor located <br />along the North Fork of the Gunnison River, downgradient from the Bowie No. 2 <br />Mine. <br />i. The Division finds that activities proposed by the applicant will not <br />interrupt, discontinue, or preclude farming on the alluvial valley floors that <br />aze irrigated or naturally subirrigated (4.24.3(1)). <br />ii. The proposed activities will not materially damage the quantity or quality <br />of water in the surface or ground water systems described above (4.24.3(3) <br />and 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii). <br />iii. The proposed activities will comply with the requirements of the Act and <br />the Regulations, with respect to alluvial valley floors (2.06.8(5)(a)(iii)). <br />iv. Surface coat mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to <br />preserve the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside <br />the permit azea throughout the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br />B. An environmental monitoring system shall be installed, maintained, and operated <br />by the permittee to ensure the protection of all alluvial valley floors during <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations and continued until all bonds aze <br />released in accordance with Rule 4.24.4. <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland <br />The Bowie No. 2 Mine will not disturb or affect any prime farmland. <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal <br />This section does not apply to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application. <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes <br />This section does not apply to the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application document. The <br />Division does not propose to approve any variances pertaining to steep slope mining and <br />approximate original contour with this decision document. <br />35 <br />