2012-06-05_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C2010089

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Page 24 Section 1.04 in a_ S 1Y) -37 - r - cam) coal mining and reclamation operations and result in. changes that significantly and adversely affect the capability of the alluvial valley floor to suu. 0A• 11 .. (73) 'sion" means a modiAcation in permit provisions to reflect innr te in the location of roads or other facilities within the permit area, minor alterations in the tug or sequencing of mining or reclamation plans approved in accordance with the requirements of these Rules or other minor alterations in space coal mining and reclamation operations which shall not cause a significant alteration in the peittee's reclamation plan. (74) "Mulch" means vegetation residues or other suitable materials that aid in soil stabilization and soil [moisture conservation, thus providing micro climatic conditions suitable for plant germination and growth. (75) "Natural hazard areas" means geographic areas in which natural conditions exist which pose, or as a result of surface coal mining operations, may pose a threat to the health, safety or welfare of people, property or the environment, including areas subject to landslides, cave -ins, severe wind or soil erosion, frequent flooding, avalanches and areas of unstable geology. (76) "Net worth" means total assets minus total liabilities and is equivalent to owners' equity. (77) • "No significant recreational, timber, economic or other values incompatible with surface coal mining operations" means those significant values which could be damaged by, and are not capable of existing together with, surface coal mining operations because of the undesirable erects mining would have on those values, either on the area included in the permit application or on off-site areas which could be affected by mining. Those values to be evaluated for their importance include: Y\oT ), c Ov`'