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2.04.3 General Reouirements: Site Description and Land Use Information • The location of the existing land uses within the permit area and adjacent areas for Peerless Resources can be found on the Pre-Mining and Post-Mining Land Use Map (Map 9). Although the area along Coal Gulch Mine west of Durango, Colorado has been affected by previous mining activities, the present basic land use within the entire area is as- undeveloped use. Some amount of land within the general area is used as pastureland. .:~•.~. f'~- ~' c. ., -sA The land use designations in the permit area and adjacent areas are confirmed by the La Plata Land Use Map which was prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. As stated above, another use is found on areas within the proposed permit boundary, yet it has not been included in land use categories as defined under existing Colorado Regulations for coal mining. This land • use is "mined-land" and is one of the current land uses within the permit boundary and adjacent areas. This land use results from the fact that the permit area covers both undisturbed land and lands which have been subject to surface coal mining, underground coal mining, and the disturbance associated with surface facilities for those operations. As much as possible, Peerless Resources will treat these lands within the meaning of undisturbed lands and therefore will attempt to analyze the pre-mining land use accordingly. A history of the previous surface and underground mining operations is found under Part 2.04.4, Cultural and Historical Resource Information. The areas designated as undeveloped use show no evidence that might indicate the land use has changed within the preceeding five years. Most of the area outside of Coal Gulch has been allowed to remain in its natural state, never having been developed for any other use other than that which might be necessary to facilitate surface or underground mining. • hAR n n ~ygg 2.04-2