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Page 368 <br />Section 4.24.4 <br />(a) The important characteristics supporting the essential hydrologic <br />functions of the alluvial valley floor in the permit area have been <br />reestablished after mining; <br />(b) The important characteristics supporting the essential hydrologic <br />functions of an alluvial valley floor in areas not within the permit <br />area are preserved during and after mining; and <br />(c) The operation is not causing material damage to the quantity or <br />quality of water in the surface or ground water systems that supply <br />alluvial valley floors protected under 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii). <br />(2) Monitoring shall be performed at adequate frequencies, to indicate long <br />term trends that could affect agricultural use of the alluvial valley <br />floors. <br />(3) Monitoring shall be performed during operations, to identify <br />characteristics of the alluvial valley floor not identified in the permit <br />application and to evaluate the importance of all characteristics as <br />requested by the Division. <br />(4) All monitoring data collected and analyses thereof shall routinely be <br />made available to the Division or Board. <br />4.25 OPERATIONS ON PRIME FARMLAND <br />120(2)(g) 4.25.1 Scope. <br />(1) This Section sets forth soil removal, stockpiling, and replacement <br />operational requirements and revegetation and other reclamation <br />standards for prime farmlands to ensure that the land will have <br />agricultural productive capacity which is equal after mining to <br />premining levels and the land is not lost as an important national <br />resource. <br />(2) The requirements of this section shall not apply to coal preparation <br />plants, support facilities, and roads of underground mines that are <br />actively used over extended periods of time and where such uses affect <br />a minimal amount of land. Such uses shall meet the applicable <br />performance standards of Rule 4. <br />4.25.2 Special Requirements. <br />