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• 2.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR <br />UNDERGROUND MINING ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM <br />REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRON- <br />MENTAL RESOURCES <br />This section of the application provides in detail a complete and accurate description of the <br />environmental resources that may have been impacted or affected by the surface mining <br />activities which were conducted at CCM#1. <br />Within this application, Kaiser has included a description of the existing pre-mining <br />environmental resources within the permit area and adjacent areas that may have been <br />affected or impacted by surface mining activities. As stated in the introduction to this <br />application, underground mining operations have been conducted and abandoned at the site; <br />therefore, a description of the premining and environmental resources in the areas of <br />previous mining is based upon historical records and recollections of knowledgeable parties, <br />and through correlations and comparisons with undisturbed environmental resources. <br />2.04.3 General Requirements: Site Description and Land Use Information <br />Although part of the area has been previously mined by underground techniques, the present <br />basic land use within the permit area is rangeland. Some land to the west and south of the <br />• permit area has been subdivided as residential land use. However, only two homes have <br />been partially constructed in this designated residential area. The land use designations in <br />the mine plan and adjacent areas are confirmed by the Huerfano County Land Use Map <br />which was prepared by the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of <br />Agriculture. <br />"Mined land" is found in much of the permit area reflecting previous underground coal <br />mining operations. However, it has not been included in land use categories as defined <br />under existing or proposed state regulations. Inasmuch as possible, these areas were treated <br />as rangeland. A compete history of al] previous underground mining operations and their <br />extent is found in Part 2.04.4, Cultural and Historic Resource Information. <br />Areas designated for rangeland are grazed by horses, sheep, or cattle during the year. The <br />common grazing is spring or fall. No evidence could be found indicating a change in land <br />use within the preceding Sve years. <br />Land Condition Capability and Productivity <br />The present condition of the permit area can be described as poor to fair for rangeland <br />conditions. A combination of the abandoned underground waste piles and overgrazing by <br />previous landowners have led to this condition. <br /> <br />2.04-1 <br />