2022-10-27_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 10/27/2022
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Snowcap Coal Company, Inc
• Type & Sequence: RN8
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: CCW
• Email Name: THM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1
ProposedDecision..................................................................................................................... 2
Summary................................................................................................................................... 3
TheReview Process ........................................................................................................... 7
Description of the Environment.......................................................................................... 7
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ........................................................ 12
Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety.................................... 17
SectionA - Rule 2.07.6 .................................................................................................... 17
SectionB - Rule 4 ............................................................................................................ 20
I. Roads.......................................................................................................... 20
II. Support Facilities ......................................................................................... 21
III. Hydrologic Balance...................................................................................... 22
IV. Topsoil......................................................................................................... 37
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................................... 40
VI. Use of Explosives......................................................................................... 41
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil.............................................................................. 41
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks............................................................................... 41
IX. Coal Mine Waste.......................................................................................... 43
X. Backfilling and Grading............................................................................... 43
XI. Revegetation................................................................................................ 48
XII. Post-mining Land Use.................................................................................. 51
XIIL Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values.................... 54
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining............................................................... 56
XV. Subsidence Control ...................................................................................... 56
XVL Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .............................................. 60
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................................... 60
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland..................................................................... 67
XIX. Mountaintop Removal...................................................................................68
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes.......................................................................... 68
XXI. In Situ Processing......................................................................................... 69
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