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The Division is proposing to perpetuate the previously approved post- mining land use of <br />agricultural (rangeland and cropland). Therefore, the Division makes no approvals with <br />regard to an alternative post- mining land use (4.16.3). <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values <br />A. The applicant has not proposed the use of persistent pesticides on the site during the <br />ensuing term of the permit. The Division makes no proposal to approve such usage <br />[4.18(5)(g)] . <br />B. Fish and wildlife habitat is not a planned post- mining land use. The applicant has <br />not selected plant species and distributions to specifically benefit fish and wildlife <br />[4.18(5)(i)]. Improvements to forage and cover for wildlife are incidental benefits. <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining <br />There are no surface coal mining activities, other than reclamation of disturbed areas, <br />being conducted within 500 feet of an active or abandoned underground mine. Therefore, <br />the Division proposes no approvals in this regard [4.19(1) and 4.22.4(1)]. <br />XV. Subsidence Control <br />Mining at the site has ceased and no coal was extracted. A subsidence control plan is no <br />longer required. The Division makes no proposal to approve such a plan [4.20.1(2) and <br />4.20.3(1)]. <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining <br />There is no concurrent surface and underground mining at the site. Therefore, the Division <br />makes no approvals with regard to such operations (4.22.2 and 4.22.3). <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors <br />Information on alluvial valley floors is contained in Section 5.1 of Volume I and figures <br />5.1 -1, 5.1 -2, and 5.2 -2 of the PAP. <br />The applicant identified unconsolidated streamlaid deposits along the Colorado River, <br />Alkali Creek, and South Canyon Creek. South Canyon Creek was not hydrologically <br />adjacent to the proposed mine for the approved permit terms; and was, therefore, not <br />considered in this alluvial valley floor (AVF) determinations. Alkali Creek and the <br />Colorado River are discussed separately below. <br />Alkali Creek <br />Only a small portion of the permit area was within the Alkali Creek drainage basin. The <br />The applicant submitted very little information in regard to alluvial valley floor <br />designation of this drainage. Therefore, the Division conservatively assumed that the <br />unconsolidated streamlaid deposits in Alkali Creek comprise a significant alluvial valley <br />Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine <br />Permit Renewal 6 18 31 October 2011 <br />