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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />TABLEOF CONTENTS ........................................................... ............................... ii <br />STATEMENT OF ISSUES ......................................................... ..............................1 <br />STATEMENTOF THE CASE .................................................... ..............................1 <br />I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND ......................... ..............................3 <br />II. STATEMENT OF FACTS ...................................... ..............................4 <br />SUMMARYOF ARGUMENT ................................................. ..............................1 I <br />STANDARDOF REVIEW ........................................................ .............................12 <br />ARGUMENT.............................................................................. .............................13 <br />I. THE COURT MAY NOT CONSIDER EVIDENCE NOT <br />BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE TIME OF THE DECISION .........13 <br />A. Post - Decision Evidence May Not Be Considered .................... 14 <br />B. The Board's Exclusion of the `Midnight Letters' from <br />NRCSWas Proper ....................................... .............................15 <br />II. THE BOARD'S APPROVAL OF PR -6 WAS A PROPER <br />RESPONSE TO THE PRE -2008 TOPSOIL MANAGEMENT OF <br />WESTERN FUELS - COLORADO ........................ .............................17 <br />A. The Board Properly Ruled that It Lacked Jurisdiction to <br />Consider Allegations that Western Fuels- Colorado Was in <br />Violation of the Act ..................................... .............................18 <br />B. The Colorado Coal Program Allows a Permit Revision that <br />Addresses the Effect of a Mutual Mistake in Prior <br />Permitting..................................................... .............................24 <br />III. THE BOARD'S DECISION TO APPROVE PR -6 SHOULD BE <br />TREATED WITH DEFERENCE BY THE COURT BECAUSE <br />IT IS SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ON THE <br />RECORD AS A WHOLE AND CARRIES A PRESUMPTION <br />OFVALIDITY ....................................................... .............................27 <br />A. The Suitability of Bench 1 Material as Subsoil is Supported <br />by Substantial Evidence ............................... .............................28 <br />00145923 2 1 11 <br />