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Table of Contents <br />Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 1 <br />ProposedDecision........................................................................................................................ 2 <br />Summary....................................................................................................................................... 3 <br />TheReview Process............................................................................................................... 3 <br />Description of the Environment............................................................................................. 7 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans........................................................... 10 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety .................................... 13 <br />SectionA - Rule 2.07.6........................................................................................................ <br />13 <br />SectionB <br />- Rule 4................................................................................................................ <br />16 <br />I. Roads.................................................................................................................... <br />16 <br />II. <br />Support Facilities................................................................................................... <br />16 <br />III. <br />Hydrologic Balance.............................................................................................. <br />16 <br />IV. <br />Topsoil................................................................................................................. <br />19 <br />V. <br />Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ......................................... <br />19 <br />VI. <br />Use of Explosives................................................................................................ <br />19 <br />VII. <br />Disposal of Excess Spoil..................................................................................... <br />20 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks...................................................................................... <br />20 <br />IX. <br />Coal Mine Waste................................................................................................. <br />20 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading..................................................................................... <br />20 <br />XI. <br />Revegetation...................................................................................................... <br />20 <br />XII. <br />Post -mining Land Use........................................................................................ <br />21 <br />XIII. <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ....................... <br />21 <br />XIV. <br />Protection of Underground Mining.................................................................... <br />21 <br />XV. <br />Subsidence Control............................................................................................. <br />21 <br />XVI. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................................... <br />21 <br />XVII. <br />Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors................................................................ <br />21 <br />XVIII <br />Operations on Prime Farmland.......................................................................... <br />23 <br />XIX. <br />Mountaintop Removal........................................................................................ <br />23 <br />XX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes................................................................................ <br />23 <br />XXI. <br />In Situ Processing.............................................................................................. <br />23 <br />XXII. <br />Reclamation Cost Estimate......................................................... <br />23 <br />