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-2- <br /> II . 34-33-120(2)(p) <br /> A. (2) General performance standards. . . shall require such operations <br /> to: <br /> (p) Ensure that all reclamation efforts proceed in an <br /> environmentally sound manner and as contemporaneously as <br /> practicable with the surface coal mining operations; except <br /> that, where the applicant proposes to combine surface coal <br /> mining operations with underground mining to assure maximum <br /> practical recovery of the mineral resources, the board of <br /> division may grant a variance for specific areas within the <br /> reclamation plan from the requirement that reclamation effort <br /> proceed as contemporaneously as practicable to permit <br /> underground mining prior to reclamation: <br /> (I) If the board or division finds in writing that: <br /> (A) The applicant has presented, as part of the permit <br /> application, specific, feasible plants for the proposed <br /> underground mining operations; <br /> (6) The proposed underground mining is necessary or <br /> desirable to assure maximum practical recovery of the <br /> mineral resource and will avoid multiple disturbance of <br /> the surface; <br /> (C) The applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated that the <br /> plan or revision for the underground mining activities <br /> conforms to applicable local and state requirements for <br /> underground mining and that the permits necessary for <br /> the underground mining and that the permits necessary <br />