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2.04.6 permit area to provide for evaluation of the impact of the proposed activities on the hydrologic balance. (iv) An applicant may request that the requirement fora state- ment of the results of the test borings .or core samples be waived by the Division. The waiver may be granted only if the Division makes a written determination that the state- ment is unnecessary because other equivalent information is accessible to it in a satisfactory form. (2) Underground Mining (a) The description shall include a general statement of the geology (stratigraphy and structure) within the proposed area, down to and including the first aquifer, and other coal seams, if any, below the lowest coal seam to be mined. The geology for areas proposed to be affected by surface operations and facilities, those surface lands underlain by the coal to be mined, and the coal to be mined shall be described as follows including a map and cross sections prepared to the standards of 2.10 which shows: (i) Nature, depth, and thickness of the coal seams to be . mined, any coal or rider seams above the seam to be mined, each stratum of the overburden, and the stratum immedi- ately below the lowest coal seam to be mined; (ii) A geologic map of the proposed permit area, including coal crop lines and the strike and dip of the coal to be mined; (iii) The geology for those surface lands within the permit area which are underlain by the coal seam to be extracted and the geology of the coal seam itself including: (A) The depth, classification and geologic structure of the overlying strata; (B) The location of subsurface water, if encountered; and (C) Analysis of the coal seam including, but not limited to, the pyrite, marcasite and sulphur content. (iv) The geology of the s*_rata down to and including the stra- tum immediately below any coal seam to be mined shall be described for those areas to be affected by surface opera- tions or facilities only in those cases where the strata will be removed down to the level of the coal seam to be mined, including the following data resulting an analysis of test borings, core samples or outcrop samples: