2023-07-27_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981038

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/27/2023
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Bowie Resources, LLC
• Type & Sequence: RN8
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: MAC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................1
ProposedDecision................................................................................................................................2
TheReview Process......................................................................................................................2
Description of the Environment..................................................................................................4
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology.............................................................16
SectionA-Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................................16
SectionB - Rule 4.........................................................................................................................19
I. Roads .....................................................................................................................19
II. Support Facilities...................................................................................................21
III. Hydrologic Balance...............................................................................................23
IV. Topsoil...................................................................................................................28
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings..........................................29
VI. Use of Explosives..................................................................................................29
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil.......................................................................................30
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks........................................................................................30
IX. Coal Mine Waste...................................................................................................31
X. Backfilling and Grading........................................................................................31
XI. Revegetation..........................................................................................................33
XII. Post-mining Land Use...........................................................................................35
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values..........................35
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining.......................................................................37
XV. Subsidence Control................................................................................................37
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining......................................................40
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ...................................................................40
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland..............................................................................44
XIX. Mountaintop Removal...........................................................................................44
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes...................................................................................44
XXI. In Situ Processing..................................................................................................45
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