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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> Table of Contents <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................................. 2 <br />Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 3 <br />The Review Process ....................................................................................................................... 3 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................... 3 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................................... 5 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .............................................................. 6 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 .................................................................................................................. 6 <br />Section B - Rule 4 .......................................................................................................................... 9 <br />I. Roads ....................................................................................................................... 9 <br />II. Support Facilities ..................................................................................................... 9 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................... 10 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................... 11 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... 11 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................................. 11 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................................... 11 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................................ 11 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................................... 12 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................................ 12 <br />XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................................... 12 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................................... 12 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... 12 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................................................... 12 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... 13 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... 13 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................................... 13 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................. 13 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................................... 13 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................................... 13 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................................. 13 <br />