2018-01-23_REVISION - C1981041 ‎(21)‎

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 1/23/2018
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Snowcap Coal Company, Inc
• Type & Sequence: RN7
• Email Name: JHB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

1 C1981-041 RN7 findings
Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................................. 3
Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 4
The Review Process ....................................................................................................................... 9
Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................... 9
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................................. 14
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................................ 19
Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................................ 19
Section B - Rule 4 ........................................................................................................................ 23
I. Roads ..................................................................................................................... 23
II. Support Facilities ................................................................................................... 24
III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................... 24
IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................... 39
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... 42
VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................................. 43
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................................... 43
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................................ 43
IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................................... 45
X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................................ 45
XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................................... 50
XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................................... 53
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... 56
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................................................... 58
XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... 58
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... 62
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................................... 62
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................. 69
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................................... 70
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................................... 70
XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................................. 71