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Section 2.04.12 of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit application and upon a letter dated June <br />6, 1996 from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (Volume III, Exhibit 14, Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine permit application document) that demonstrates that no prime farmland <br />mapping units are found within the permit area (2.07.6(2)(k)). <br />12. Based on information provided the application, the Division has determined that an <br />alluvial valley floor exists within the adjacent area. The alluvial valley floor exists <br />outside the permit area, is along the North Fork of the Gunnison River and will not be <br />affected by the Bowie No. 2 Mine (2.07.6(2) and 2.06.8(3)(C)). <br />For additional specific findings concerning this alluvial valley floor, refer to Section B, <br />XVII. <br />13. The Division hereby approves the post- mining land use of the operation. It was <br />determined that the proposed post- mining land use of rangeland and wildlife habitat, <br />pastureland, cropland and industrial meets the requirements of Rule 4.16 for the permit <br />area (2.07.6(2)(1)). <br />14. Specific approvals have been granted or are proposed. These approvals are addressed in <br />the following section, Section B (2.07.6(2)(m)). <br />15. In consultation with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the United States Fish and <br />Wildlife Service, the Division found that the activities proposed by the applicant would <br />not affect the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the <br />destruction or adverse modification of their critical habitats (2.07.6(2)(n)), provided that <br />appropriate mitigation efforts are performed. Letters from both agencies are presented in <br />Volume III, Exhibit 9 of the permit application document. <br />16. The Division has contacted the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation Fees Branch. As <br />of April 2, 2013, the operator is current in the payment of reclamation fees required by 30 <br />CFR, Chapter VII, subchapter R (2.07.6(2)(0)). <br />Section B - Rule 4 <br />L Roads - Rule 4.03 <br />A. Haul Roads <br />Two sections of haul roads were built at the Bowie No. 2 Mine. One paved haul <br />road was used to carry coal from the mine portal to the old State highway 133. <br />With the construction of the conveyor line system and unit train loadout, the <br />haulage of coal by truck on this road was greatly diminished. A second haul road <br />leading to the gob pile was built along an old rail bed. Construction of a third <br />haul road was approved in Permit Revision No. 7, connecting the B -2 coal seam <br />portal bench to the main paved haul road. <br />19 <br />