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Table of Contents <br />Introduction............................................................................................................................ 1 <br />ProposedDecision................................................................................................................... 2 <br />Summary................................................................................................................................ 7 <br />TheReview Process...................................................................................................... 7 <br />Description of the Environment.................................................................................... 13 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ........................................................ 18 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ........................................... 21 <br />SectionA - Rule 2.07.6................................................................................................ <br />21 <br />SectionB - Rule 4....................................................................................................... <br />25 <br />I. <br />Roads................................................................................................. <br />25 <br />Il. <br />Support Facilities................................................................................. <br />26 <br />III. <br />Hydrologic Balance.............................................................................. <br />26 <br />IV. <br />Topsoil...............................................................................................29 <br />V. <br />Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................................. <br />30 <br />VI. <br />Use of Explosives................................................................................. <br />30 <br />VII. <br />Disposal of Excess Spoil....................................................................... <br />30 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks........................................................................ <br />30 <br />IX. <br />Coal Mine Waste................................................................................. <br />31 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading........................................................................ <br />31 <br />XI. <br />Revegetation....................................................................................... <br />31 <br />XII. <br />Post -mining Land Use........................................................................... <br />32 <br />XIII. <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ................... <br />32 <br />XIV. <br />Protection of Underground Mining......................................................... <br />32 <br />XV. <br />Subsidence Control.............................................................................. <br />32 <br />XVI. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ........................................... <br />33 <br />XVII. <br />Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ...................................................... <br />33 <br />XVIII. <br />Operations on Prime Farmland............................................................... <br />33 <br />XIX. <br />Mountaintop Removal.......................................................................... <br />33 <br />XX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes.................................................................... <br />34 <br />XXI. <br />In Situ Processing................................................................................ <br />34 <br />