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• practicable and a delay is requested to allow underground mining activities <br />to be conducted before the reclamation operation for the surface mining <br />activities can be completed. <br />2) Objective. The objective of 2.06.7 is to allow for delay in <br />reclamation of surface mining activities, if that delay will allow <br />underground mining activities to be conducted to ensure both maximum <br />practical recovery of coal resources and to avoid multiple future <br />disturbances of surface lands or water. <br />3) Application contents for variances. Anv person who desires to <br />obtain a variance under 2.06.7 shall file with the Division a complete <br />application for the surface mining activities and underground mining <br />activities which are to be combined. The mining and reclamation operation <br />plans for these permits shall contain appropriate narratives, maps prepared <br />in accordance with 2.10, and plans, which: <br />• (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 is <br />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 />• <br />2.06-5 <br />