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<br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> Table of Contents <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................................. 4 <br />Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 5 <br />The Review Process ....................................................................................................................... 5 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................... 7 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................................. 13 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................................ 15 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................................ 15 <br />Section B - Rule 4 ........................................................................................................................ 18 <br />I. Roads ..................................................................................................................... 18 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................................... 19 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................... 19 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................... 23 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... 24 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................................. 24 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................................... 24 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................................ 24 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................................... 24 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................................ 24 <br />XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................................... 25 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................................... 27 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... 28 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................................................... 29 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... 29 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... 30 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................................... 30 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................. 30 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................................... 30 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................................... 30 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................................. 30 <br />XXII. Mine Location Map ............................................................................................... 31 <br />