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Table of Contents <br />Introduction............................................................................................................................................ l <br />ProposedDecision.................................................................................................................................3 <br />Summary................................................................................................................................................ 4 <br />TheReview Process....................................................................................................................... 4 <br />Description of the Environment.....................................................................................................4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans.................................................................... 6 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology.............................................................. 8 <br />SectionA - <br />Rule 2.07.6.................................................................................................................. <br />8 <br />SectionB - <br />Rule 4........................................................................................................................11 <br />I. <br />Roads.....................................................................................................................11 <br />II. <br />Support Facilities...................................................................................................14 <br />III. <br />Hydrologic Balance...............................................................................................15 <br />IV. <br />Topsoil...................................................................................................................22 <br />V. <br />Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... <br />24 <br />VI. <br />Use of Explosives..................................................................................................24 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks........................................................................................24 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading........................................................................................26 <br />XI. <br />Revegetation..........................................................................................................28 <br />XII. <br />Post -mining Land Use........................................................................................... <br />31 <br />XIII. <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... <br />31 <br />XIV. <br />Protection of Underground Mining....................................................................... <br />31 <br />XV. <br />Subsidence Control...............................................................................................31 <br />XVI. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... <br />31 <br />XVII. <br />Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors................................................................... <br />32 <br />XVIII. <br />Operations on Prime Farmland............................................................................. <br />37 <br />XIX. <br />Mountaintop Removal...........................................................................................37 <br />XX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes...................................................................................37 <br />XXI. <br />In Situ Processing..................................................................................................38 <br />ii <br />