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Losses from evaporation and infiltration will prevent significant quantities of surface <br />water from the permit area from reaching the Williams Fork River valley. Ground water <br />from the permit area will not reach the Williams Fork River valley because bedrock dips <br />from the river valley to the permit area. Therefore, the Division finds that the proposed <br />surface coal mining operation will not interrupt, discontinue, or preclude farming on the <br />Williams Fork AVF, and will not materially damage the quantity or quality of water in <br />surface or ground water systems that supply the Williams Fork AVE (4.24.3(1)), <br />(4.24.3(3), and 2.06.8(5)(a)(ii)) <br />The Division finds that: <br />a) The proposed mining activities will comply with the requirements of the Act and <br />the Regulations with respect to alluvial valley floors. (2.06.8(5)(a)(iii)) <br />b) The surface coal mining and reclamation operations will be conducted to preserve <br />the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors outside the permit area <br />and to reestablish the essential hydrologic functions of alluvial valley floors <br />within the affected area throughout the mining and reclamation process (4.24.2). <br />An environmental monitoring system shall be installed, maintained, and operated by the <br />permittee on all alluvial valley floors during surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations and continued until all bonds are released in accordance with Rule 3 (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. Mountaintob Removal <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br />XXI. In Situ Processi <br />No specific approvals are granted to the applicant under this section. <br />Trapper Mine 36 July 9, 2013 <br />