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2.06.7 Variances for Delay in Contemporaneous Reclamation • <br />Requirements in Combined Surface and Underground Mining <br />Operations <br />The Golden Eagle Mine is not a combined surface and <br />underground mining operation. Therefore, this section is not <br />applicable. <br />2.06.8 Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations on <br />Alluvial Valley Floors <br />The Golden Eagle permit area is traversed by the>_ North <br />Fork of the Purgatoire River. Tributaries of this river, within <br />the permit area include Apache Canyon, Ciruela Canyon, Sant:istevan <br />Canyon, Lopez Canyon and Wet Canyon. Wyoming Fuels undertook <br />alluvial valley floor (AVF) investigations of the Purgatoire in <br />1980, and the results of this study may be reviewed in the' Waste <br />Water and Land Report in Exhibit 6. The results of the Apache <br />Canyon, Ciruela Canyon, Santistevan Canyon, and Lopez Canyon are <br />described below. <br />Apache Canyon- Apache Canyon is south of the New Elk Mine <br />and west of the Golden Eagle Mine. It drains an area of` 7, 566 <br />acres which is covered primarily by woodland. Grazing and wildlife <br />are the primary land uses within the canyon. Mining is also a <br />minor land use with two ventilation shafts and a power substation <br />located in the lower canyon. WFC believe=s it is necessary to <br />maintain the land uses of wildlife habitat and grazing in Apache <br />Canyon after mining is completed. Basin Resources would take <br />appropriate mitigative measures if mining seriously impacted the <br />potential for their use. It is highly unlikely surface flows would <br />be impacted. It is more likely windmills could be rendered <br />unusable. Basin Resources could, in the later case, drill new <br />wells for stock water or build additional impoundments for stock <br />water. It is impossible to predict at this time. It is Basin <br />2.06-2a <br />~J <br />• <br />(Revised 04/27/94) <br />