2017-11-01_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981035

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/1/2017
• Doc Name Note: ‎(RN7)‎
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: GCC Energy, LLC
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................................ I
ProposedDecision..................................................................................................................................2
Status of Revisions to the Permit.......................................................................................................... 3
Summary.................................................................................................................................................4
TheReview Process..........................................................................................................................4
Description of the Environment.......................................................................................................
5
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans.....................................................................
9
Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety .......................................
I 1
SectionA -
Rule 2.07.6...................................................................................................................1
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SectionB -
Rule 4...........................................................................................................................15
I.
Roads — Rule 4.03....................................................................................................15
II.
Support Facilities — Rule 4.04.................................................................................15
III.
Protection of the Hydrologic Balance — Rule 4.05 ................................................16
IV.
Topsoil — Rule 4.06.................................................................................................20
V.
Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings — Rule 4.07 .......................21
VI.
Use of Explosives — Rule 4.08................................................................................21
VII.
Disposal of Excess Spoil — Rule 4.09.....................................................................21
VIII.
Coal Mine Waste Banks — Rule 4.10......................................................................21
IX.
Coal Mine Waste — Rule 4.11.................................................................................22
X.
Backfilling and Grading — Rule 4.14......................................................................23
XI.
Revegetation — Rule 4.15........................................................................................
23
XII.
Post -mining Land Use — Rule 4.16.........................................................................25
XIII.
Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values — Rule 4.18 ......25
XIV.
Protection of Underground Mining — Rule 4.19 ....................................................26
XV.
Subsidence Control — Rule 4.20.............................................................................26
XVI.
Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining — Rule 4.22 ..................................27
XVII.
Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors — Rule 4.24 .................................................27
XVIII.
Operations on Prime Farmland — Rule 4.25...........................................................29
XIX.
Mountaintop Removal — Rule 4.26.........................................................................
29
XX.
Operations on Steep Slopes — Rule 4.27................................................................29
XXI.
In Situ Processing — Rule 4.29................................................................................29
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