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2.04.6 , Law continued (A) The location of subsurface water, if encountered, and the location of where subsurface water will be exposed at the face-up area; (B) The logs of drill holes showing the lithologic char- acteristics of the strata to be affected; (C) The physical properties of the strata immediately above and below coal seam affected, including texture, and other information sufficient to determine compacti- bility and clay content; (D) The chemical analyses of the stratum immediately above and below the coal seam to be mined, or any other stratum to be affected, to identify at a minimum, those horizons which contain potential acid-forming, toxic- forming, or alkalinity producing materials; (v) The near surface geology of those surface operations and facilities not underlain by the coal seam to be extracted shall be described, including the following data resulting from analyses of test borings, core samplings or outcrop samples: • (A) A description of near-surface strata beneath the dis- turbed area; (B) The lithologic characteristics of the strata to be af- fected, including physical and chemical properties identifying, at a minimum, texture; and analyses to identify those horizons which contain potential acid- forming, toxic-forming or alkalinity-producing materials. (b) An applicant may request that any requirements of 2.04.6 (2) (a) (iii) be waived by the Division. The waiver may be granted only if the Division makes a written determination that the state- ment required is unnecessary because other equivalent infor- mation is accessible to it in a satisfactory form. RESPONSE 2.04.6 GEOLOGY DESCRIPTION (1) (a) Regional Description . Physiography The physiography of the Hayden Gulch area is seen on Figure 1. The Hayden Gulch site lies within the Williams Fork Mountains at