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• (B) (I) The requirements of 2.06.8(6)(a)(i)(A) above <br />shall not apply to any surface coal mining and reclamation operation which, <br />in the year preceding August 13, 1977, either: <br />(1) Produced coal in commercial quantities <br />and was located within or adjacent to alluvial valley floors; or <br />(2) Obtained specific permit approval by the <br />State to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations within an <br />alluvial valley floor. <br />(II) For surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations which satisfy the requirements of 2.06.8(5)(a)(i)(B)(I) above, <br />the geographic extent of lands eligible for such exemption shall be limited <br />to: <br />(1) For surface coal mining activities, <br />those lands which were identified in a reclamation plan approved by the <br />• Board prior to August 3, 1977; or <br />(2) For underground mining activities, the <br />actual extent of the mine workings on August 3, 1977 and adjacent lands for <br />which there existed substantial demonstrable financial or regulatory <br />commitment to mine in the future. In such cases, the determination of <br />geographic extent shall be made by the Division on a case-bv-case basis <br />using all available information. <br />(b) The significance of the impact of the proposed surface coal <br />mining operations on farming will be based on the relative importance of <br />the vegetation and water of the developed grazed or hayed alluvial valley <br />floor area to the farm's production. <br />(c) Criteria for determining whether a surface coal mining <br />operation will materially damage the quantity or quality of waters include, <br />but are not limited to: <br /> <br />2.06-33 <br />