2015-01-20_REVISION - C1983059 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1983059
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 1/20/2015
• Doc Name: Email Regarding Proposed Decision & Findings
• From: DRMS
• To: Oxbow Mining, LLC
• Type & Sequence: RN6
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Page
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................1
Proposed Decision ...........................................................................................................................1
Summary
History of the Review Process .............................................................................................1
Description of the Environment ...........................................................................................6
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ..........................................................9
Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety .......................................11
Section A - Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6 ..................................................................11
Section B - Rule 4 ..............................................................................................................13

I.Roads..........................................................................................................13

II.Support Facilities .......................................................................................14

III.Hydrologic ................................................................................................14

IV.Topsoil .......................................................................................................18

V.Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...............................18

VI.Use of Explosives ......................................................................................18

VII.Disposal of Excess Spoil ............................................................................18

VIII.Coal Mine Waste Banks.............................................................................18

IX.Coal Mine Waste........................................................................................18

X.Backfilling and Grading .............................................................................19

XI.Revegetation ..............................................................................................19

XII.Post-Mining Land Use ...............................................................................19

XIII.Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ...............19

XIV.Protection of Underground Mining ............................................................20

XV.Subsidence Control ....................................................................................20

XVI.Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..........................................20

XVII.Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................................20

XVIII.Operations on Prime Farmland ..................................................................22

XIX.Mountaintop Removal ...............................................................................23

XX.Operations on Steep Slopes .......................................................................23

XXI. In Situ Processing .....................................................................................23