2018-09-04_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/4/2018
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: CAM Mining, LLC
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: LDS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................................. 3
Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 6
The Review Process ....................................................................................................................... 6
Description of the Environment ................................................................................................... 15
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan .................................................................. 26
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................................ 30
Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................................ 30
I. Roads ..................................................................................................................... 34
Section B - Rule 4 ........................................................................................................................ 35
II. Support Facilities ................................................................................................... 35
III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................... 35
IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................... 50
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... 51
VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................................. 51
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................................... 51
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................................ 51
IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................................... 54
X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................................ 55
XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................................... 55
XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................................... 56
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... 56
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................................................... 56
XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... 57
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... 62
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................................... 63
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................. 65
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................................... 65
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................................... 65
XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................................. 65
References............................................................................................................................................... i
Appendix A – Inactive Permit Stipulations .......................................................................................... ii