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liability for Bowie No. 1 will be $57,598.00, resulting in a total new reclamation liability of <br />$4,616,617.00. Therefore, with the approval of Permit Revision No. 4, BRL will have sufficient bond <br />in place to cover all of the remaining reclamation costs at the Bowie No. 1 Mine. <br />11. The Division has made a negative determination for the presence of prime farmland within the <br />permit area. The decision was based on letters from the Soil Conservation Service that demonstrate <br />that no prime farmland mapping units are found within the permit area (2.07.6(2)(k)). <br />12. Based on information provided in the application, the Division has determined that an alluvial valley <br />floor exists within the permit or adjacent area. The alluvial valley floors are known as the North <br />Fork of the Gunnison River alluvial valley floor and the Terror Creek alluvial valley floor. <br />a) Pursuant to Rule 2.06.8(5)(a)(i), the Division finds that the proposed mining operations would <br />not interrupt, discontinue, or preclude farming on alluvial valley floors (2.06.8(5)). <br />b) Pursuant to Rule 2.05.8(5)(a)(ii), the Division finds that the proposed surface coal mining <br />operations would not materially damage the quantity and quality of water in surface and ground <br />water systems that supply those alluvial valley floors or portions of alluvial valley floors. <br />c) Pursuant to Rule 4.24.2(1), the Division finds that the proposed surface coal mining operation <br />has been designed to preserve the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors. <br />For additional specific findings concerning this alluvial valley floor please see Section B, XVII. <br />13. The Division hereby approves the post-mining land uses of the operation. It was determined that <br />grazing for both livestock and wildlife for the bench areas and irrigated cropland use for the storage <br />silos, truck dump, train loadout areas, and the railroad spur meet the requirements of Rules 4.16 and <br />2.07.6(2)(1). <br />14. Specific approvals have been granted or are proposed. These approvals are addressed in the <br />following section, Section B (2.07.6(2)(m)). <br />15. The Division finds, based on prior permit application information, various additional annual reports, <br />and monthly site inspections, that the activities proposed by the applicant would not affect the <br />continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse <br />modification of their critical habitats (2.07.6(2)(n)). The Division had required, as Stipulation No. <br />43, attached to the Permit Renewal No. 2 decision document, that the operator recalculate all <br />potential water depletions associated with the Bowie No. 1 Mine. This calculation, submitted in <br />Minor Revision No. 86, was used to determine the amount of compensation that the operator <br />remitted to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for compliance with the "Windy Gap" <br />process of the Endangered Species Act.. <br />16. The Division has contacted the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation Fees Branch. As of January 7, <br />2011, the operator is current in the payment of reclamation fees required by 30 CFR Chapter VII, <br />subchapter R (2.07.6(2)(0)). <br />Section B - Rule 4 <br />1. Roads - Rule 4.03 <br />Road information for the Bowie No. 1 Mine can be found in Sections 2.05.3 and 4.03 of the <br />permit application, in Maps 8-1, 8A-9A through C, 8A-10, 8A-11, 8A-12, 6A-2A through G, <br />22