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Table of Contents <br />Introduction. <br />Proposed Decision <br />............................................ 2 <br />E <br />Summary................................................................................................................................................ 6 <br />TheReview Process....................................................................................................................... 6 <br />Description of the Environment..................................................................................................... 7 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans..................................................................12 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology..............................................................1 <br />SectionA - <br />Rule 2.07.6..................................................................................................................1 <br />SectionB - <br />Rule 4..........................................................................................................................4 <br />I. <br />Roads....................................................................................................................... <br />4 <br />II. <br />Support Facilities..................................................................................................... <br />5 <br />III. <br />Hydrologic Balance.................................................................................................5 <br />IV. <br />Topsoil...................................................................................................................26 <br />V. <br />Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings..........................................27 <br />VI. <br />Use of Explosives..................................................................................................27 <br />VII. <br />Disposal of Excess Spoil....................................................................................... <br />28 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks........................................................................................28 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading........................................................................................28 <br />XI. <br />Revegetation..........................................................................................................31 <br />XII. <br />Post -mining Land Use...........................................................................................35 <br />XIII. <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... <br />36 <br />XIV. <br />Protection of Underground Mining....................................................................... <br />37 <br />XV. <br />Subsidence Control...............................................................................................37 <br />XVI. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... <br />37 <br />XVIII. <br />Operations on Prime Farmland............................................................................. <br />41 <br />XIX. <br />Mountaintop Removal...........................................................................................41 <br />XX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes...................................................................................41 <br />XXI. <br />In Situ Processing..................................................................................................42 <br />XIV. <br />Auger Mining and Highwall Mining....................................................................42 <br />2 <br />