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a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i)); <br /> b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations <br /> (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br /> c) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National <br /> System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers <br /> System, including rivers under study for designation, and National Recreation Areas <br /> (2.07.6(2)(d)(i i i)(A)): <br /> d) Three hundred feet of any public building,school,church,community or institutional building, <br /> or public park(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); <br /> e) One hundred feet of a cemetery(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); <br /> f) The boundaries of any National Forest unless the required finding of compatibility has been <br /> made by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); <br /> g) One hundred feet of the outside right-of-way line of any public road except where mine access <br /> or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the necessary approvals have <br /> been received, notices published, public hearing opportunities provided, and written findings <br /> made(2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)). <br /> The portion of the operation that lies within 100 feet of the 1-70 Highway was in existence prior <br /> to August 3, 1977 and complies with Rule 2.07.6(2)(d). <br /> BLM has approved of operations within 100 feet of the portion of Haul Road 4 which is a public <br /> road providing access to BLM lands in Coal Canyon,and public notice of proposed operations <br /> within 100 feet of the road was included in the public notice for PR-02. <br /> h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner has been <br /> provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). <br /> 5. On the basis of information submitted by the Colorado Historical Society, the Antiquities Research <br /> Division Historical Museum and Institute,and the Grand River Institute,a check of the National Historic <br /> Register for Cultural and Historic Sites, Antiquities Inventory, Cultural Resources Inventory Reports, <br /> and consultation with the Bureau of Land Management,the Division finds that,subject to valid existing <br /> rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or <br /> place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State <br /> Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). Information regarding Cultural and Historic Resources <br /> may be found in Tab 5 of the permit application. A letter of February 12, 1998, from the State Historic <br /> Preservation Officer confirmed that no effects to any sites listed or eligible for listing would occur as a <br /> result of operations proposed in RN-03. <br /> 6. For this underground mining operation, private mineral estate has been severed from private surface <br /> estate. Because underground mining activities do not concurrently involve the surface mining of coal, <br /> the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required (2.07.6(2)(0). <br /> 20 <br />