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XII. Post-mining Land Use <br />1. The Division is proposing to approve apost-mining land use of rangeland and <br />wildlife habitat. The land use meets the criteria of Rule 4.16.3. <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values <br />1. Information regarding compliance with Rule 4.18 is located in Section 2.05.4 of the <br />permit document. <br />2. Wildlife habitat is a planned post-mining land use. The applicant has selected <br />appropriate plant species and distributions to benefit wildlife. <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining <br />MCC proposes surface impacts incident to an underground coal mine. These <br />impacts are not surface coal mining activities (4.19(1) and 4.22.4(1). <br />XV. Subsidence Control <br />1. MCC has proposed a subsidence control plan in accordance with Rule 2.05.6(6) <br />and has committed to adopting measures for reducing the likelihood of subsidence, <br />preventing material damage, and mitigating the effects of subsidence. The Division <br />proposes to approve the plan (4.20.1(2) and 4.20.3 (1)). <br />a. Inventory of Structures and Renewable Resource Lands <br />Rule 2.05.6(6)(b) requires the operator to include in the permit application an <br />inventory of structures and renewable resource lands in and adjacent to areas <br />proposed for underground mining activities. MCC has previously provided <br />such inventories for mining areas approved prior to PR-12, and has also <br />provided such an inventory for PR-12 in and adjacent to the Dry Fork lease <br />area. The inventories are in Section Rule 2.05.6(6) of the permit application. <br />Structures identified in inventories prior to PR-10 are: the segment of State <br />Highway 133 next to panels 18, 18A, and 19 of the mine; Forest Service <br />roads, ditches, trails and stock ponds; and all of MCC's mine facilities. The <br />renewable resource lands identified in inventories prior to PR-10 inventory are <br />water-bearing bedrock and alluvium in and adjacent to mining areas. <br />Structures identified in the PR-10 inventory are: Monument Dam, Minnesota <br />Reservoir, Cow Camp on the Dry Fork (consisting of awood-framed building <br />on a concrete slab, a smaller wood-framed building, and a livestock <br />enclosure), Forest Service roads, ditches, trails and stock ponds, and MCC's <br />hydrologic monitoring stations. The renewable resource lands identified in the <br />PR-10 inventory are the water-bearing bedrock and alluvium in and adjacent <br />to the South of Divide area. <br />46 <br />