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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br /> Table of Contents <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1 <br /> <br />Proposed Decision ......................................................................................................................... 2 <br /> <br />Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 3 <br /> History.......................................................................................................................................3 <br />..................................................................................................................................................... <br /> Description of the Environment .............................................................................................. 3 <br /> Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................................................. 5 <br /> Status of Previous Stipulations .................................................................................................6 <br /> Revisions to the Permit ...........................................................................................................18 <br /> Review Process .......................................................................................................................20 <br /> <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ..................................... 22 <br /> <br /> Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ......................................................................................................... 22 <br /> Section B - Rule 4 ................................................................................................................. 25 <br /> I. Roads............................................................................................................... 25 <br /> II. Support Facilities ............................................................................................. 25 <br /> III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................................................... 26 <br /> IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................................. 33 <br /> V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ..................................... 33 <br /> VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................................ 33 <br /> VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................................. 34 <br /> VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks................................................................................... 34 <br /> IX. Coal Mine Waste.............................................................................................. 34 <br /> X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................................... 34 <br /> XI. Revegetation .................................................................................................... 35 <br /> XII. Post-mining Land Use...................................................................................... 35 <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..................... 36 <br /> XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ...................................................................36 <br /> XV. Subsidence Control .......................................................................................... 36 <br /> XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................................ 37 <br /> XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .............................................................. 37 <br /> XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ........................................................................ 41 <br /> XIX. Mountaintop Removal ..................................................................................... 41 <br /> XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................................. 41 <br /> XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................................ 42 <br /> <br />