2014-02-06_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/6/2014
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance ‎(PR-8)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: DAB
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................... ............................... 1
ProposedDecision .......................................................................................... ............................... 2
Summary......................................................................................................... ............................... 3
TheReview Process ................................................................................. ............................... 3
Information on Environmental Resources ............................................... ............................... 4
Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ........ ............................... 6
SectionA - Rule 2. 07. 6 ............................................................................ ...............................
6
SectionB - Rule 4 .................................................................................... ...............................
8
I.
Roads /Support Facilities /Hydrologic Balance ................... ...............................
8
II.
Topsoil ................................................................................. ..............................9
III.
Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........ ...............................
9
IV.
Use of Explosives ............................................................... ...............................
9
V.
Disposal of Excess Spoil ..................................................... ...............................
9
VI.
Coal Mine Waste Banks /Coal Mine Waste ...................... ...............................
10
VII.
Slides and Other Damage .................................................. ...............................
10
VIII.
Contemporaneous Reclamation ........................................ ...............................
10
IX.
Backfilling and Grading .................................................... ...............................
10
X.
Revegetation/Postmining Land Use .................................. ...............................
10
XI.
Air Resource /Fish/Wildlife and Related Environmental Values Protection....
11
XII.
Protection of Underground Mining/Subsidence Control .. ...............................
11
XIII.
Coal Exploration ............................................................... ...............................
11
XIV.
Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................. ...............................
11
XV.
Auger Mining .................................................................... ...............................
11
XVI.
Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................... ...............................
11
XVII.
Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................... ...............................
11
XVIII.
Mountaintop /Steep Slopes /Processing Plants /In -Situ processing ....................
12
XIX.
Cessation of Operations .................................................... ...............................
12
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