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• the lover reaches of the Middle Creek floodplain; and 3) the Fish <br />Creek floodplain adjacent to Tipple No. 3. The essential hydrologic <br />function of all three areas is identified as flood irrigation. The <br />Mine No. 3 surface mining area is tributary to the Middle Creek <br />floodplain. <br />(4) Application contents for operations affecting alluvial valley <br />floors. <br />(a) If land within the proposed permit area or adjacent area is <br />identified as an alluvial valley floor and the proposed surface coal <br />mining operation may affect an alluvial valley floor or waters that <br />supply alluvial valley floors, the applicant shall submit a complete <br />application for the proposed surface coal mining and reclamation <br />• operations, to be used by the Division or Board, together with other <br />relevant information, including an appropriate combination of information <br />required by 2.06.8(3), as a basis for approval or denial of the permit. <br />The complete application shall include detailed surveys and baseline data <br />required by the Division for determination of: <br />(i) The characteristics of the alluvial valley floor <br />which are necessary to preserve the essential hydrologic functions during <br />and after mining; <br />(ii) The significance of the area to be affected, for <br />agricultural activities; <br />(iii) Whether the operation will cause, or presents an <br />. unacceptable risk of causing, material damage to the quantity or quality <br />of surface or ground waters that supply the alluvial valley floor; <br />2.06-26 <br />