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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Introduction.....................................................................................................1 <br />ProposedDecision.............................................................................................2 <br />Summary........................................................................................................3 <br />Permitting and Operational History....................................................................3 <br />Description of Environment...........................................................................12 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans..............................................14 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety..............................16 <br />Section A - Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(2)16 <br />SectionB - Rule 4.......................................................................................20 <br />I. Roads.....................................................................................20 <br />II. Support Facilities.......................................................................20 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance....................................................................21 <br />IV. Topsoil...................................................................................27 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .............................29 <br />VI. Use of Explosives......................................................................29 <br />VII. <br />Disposal of Excess Spoil..............................................................29 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks...............................................................29 <br />IX. <br />Coal Mine Waste.......................................................................29 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading...............................................................30 <br />M. <br />Revegetation............................................................................31 <br />XII. <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental <br />Values................33 <br />XIII. <br />Protection if Underground Mining...................................................33 <br />XIV. <br />Subsidence Control.....................................................................34 <br />XV. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining.....................................34 <br />XVL <br />Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors................................................34 <br />XVII. <br />Operations on Prime Farmland......................................................35 <br />XVIII. Mountaintop Removal................................................................35 <br />XIX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes...........................................................35 <br />XX. <br />In Situ Process..........................................................................35 <br />