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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> Table of Contents <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................................. 3 <br />Summary ................................................................................................................................................ 4 <br />The Review Process ....................................................................................................................... 4 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................... 4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................................... 7 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................................ 10 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................................ 10 <br />Section B - Rule 4 ........................................................................................................................ 13 <br />I. Roads ..................................................................................................................... 13 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................................... 13 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................... 13 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................... 21 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... 21 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................................. 21 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................................... 21 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................................ 21 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................................... 22 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................................ 23 <br />XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................................... 23 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................................... 24 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... 25 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................................................... 25 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... 25 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... 25 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................................... 25 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................. 28 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................................... 28 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................................... 28 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................................. 29 <br />