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<br /> <br /> <br /> ii <br /> <br /> Table of Contents <br /> <br />Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................................. 2 <br />Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 3 <br />The Review Process ....................................................................................................................... 3 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................... 4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................................. 10 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................................ 14 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................................ 14 <br />Section B - Rule 4 ........................................................................................................................ 17 <br />I. Roads ..................................................................................................................... 17 <br />II. Support Facilities................................................................................................... 17 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................... 17 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................... 23 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................... 23 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................................. 23 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................................... 24 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................................ 24 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................................... 24 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................................ 24 <br />XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................................... 24 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................................... 25 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......................... 25 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining....................................................................... 26 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... 26 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................................... 26 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................................... 26 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................. 26 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal .......................................................................................... 26 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes................................................................................... 27 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................................. 27 <br />