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operation. At present, only well QAL -5 is monitored due to the complete inundation of <br />the remaining wells by raising water levels from the filling of Kenney Reservoir. A raw <br />water lagoon was constructed within the vicinity of the alluvial well field at the <br />confluence of Scullion Gulch and the White River, subsequent to construction of Kenney <br />reservoir. Water to supply the mine is now pumped from the lagoon, rather than from the <br />alluvium. <br />Due to high water table in the immediate vicinity of the raw water lagoon, cattails and <br />other wetland species that are not significant to farming dominate the vegetation. No <br />other surface facilities are proposed by the permittee that would in any way significantly <br />affect agricultural activities established on the alluvial valley floor of the White River. <br />No underground mining activities are proposed beneath any portions of the identified <br />AVF during the permit term or over the proposed life of mining operation. <br />A. The Division has determined that an alluvial valley floor exists within the affected or <br />adjacent area. Therefore, the following findings are in order for the alluvial valley floor <br />located on the White River. <br />1. The Division finds that activities proposed by the applicant will not interrupt, <br />discontinue, or preclude farming on the alluvial valley floors that are irrigated or <br />naturally sub - irrigated (4.24.3(1)). <br />2. The proposed activities will not materially damage the quantity or quality of water <br />in the surface or ground water system described above (4.24.3(3) and <br />2.06.8(5)(a)(ii)). <br />3. The proposed activities will comply with the requirements of the Act and the <br />Regulations with respect to alluvial valley floors (2.06.8(5)(a)(iii)). <br />4. Surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve the <br />essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area and <br />to reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors within <br />the affected area throughout the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br />B. An environmental monitoring system has been installed, and is maintained and operated <br />by the permittee, on all alluvial valley floors during surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations, and will be continued until all bonds are released in accordance with Rule 3 <br />(4.24.4). <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland <br />No prime farmlands currently exist within the proposed permit area. Therefore any <br />specific approvals under this section do not apply. <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal <br />.. <br />