2022-11-07_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/7/2022
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: RN8
• 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
XIII. 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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