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• (a) Show why the proposed underground mining activities are <br /> necessary or desirable to assure maximum practical recovery of coal; <br /> (b) Show how multiple future disturbance of surface lands or <br /> waters will be avoided; <br /> (c) Identify the specific surface areas for which a variance <br /> is sought and the particular Sections of the Act, these Rules, and the <br /> regulatory program for which a variance is being sought. <br /> (d) Show how the activities will comply with 4.22 and other <br /> applicable requirements of these Rules; <br /> (e) Show why the variance sought is necessary for the <br /> implementation of the proposed underground mining activities; <br /> (f) Provide an assessment of the adverse environmental <br /> consequences and damages, if any, that will result if the reclamation of <br />• surface mining activities is delayed; and <br /> (g) Show how off-site storage of spoil will be conducted to <br /> comply with the requirements of the Act, and 4.09.1 through 4.09.4. <br />(4) Issuance of a permit. A permit incorporating a variance under <br />2.06 may be issued by the Division or Board, if it first finds, in <br />writing, upon the basis of a complete application filed in accordance <br />with 2.06 that: <br />(a) The applicant has presented, as part of the permit <br />application, specific feasible plans for the proposed underground mining <br />activities; <br />(b) The proposed underground mining activities are necessary <br />• or desirable to assure maximum practical recovery of the mineral resource <br />and will avoid multiple future disturbances of surface land or waters; <br />2.06-6 <br />