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2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information available <br />to the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation can be <br />feasibly accomplished at the Bowie No. 2 Mine (2.07.6(2)(b)). <br />3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in the <br />general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the <br />Division. This assessment entitled "Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Study -North Fork of <br />the Gunnison River" is available for inspection at the offices of the Division. The <br />Division finds that the operations proposed under the application have been designed to <br />prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the proposed permit area of the Bowie <br />No. 2 Mine (2.07.6(2)(c)). <br />4. The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, <br />1977, not within: <br />a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations <br />(2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br />b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining <br />operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br />C) The boundaries of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge <br />System, the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation <br />System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, including rivers under study for <br />designation, and national Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); <br />d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or <br />institutional building, or public park (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); <br />e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); <br />f) The boundaries of any national forest unless the required finding of compatibility <br />has been made by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture <br />(2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); <br />g) One hundred feet of the outside right -of -way line of any public road, except <br />where mine access or haul roads join such line and excepting any roads for which <br />the necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing <br />opportunities provided and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)). <br />At the time of the initial permit application, a portion of the surface facilities was <br />located within 100 feet of the outside right -of -way of old State Highway 133. <br />The location of these facilities extended from the old Bowie town site to about <br />500 feet east of the old Bowie power plant. <br />15 <br />