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Table of Contents <br /> Introduction.................................................................................................... 3 <br /> ProposedDecision...... ....................................................................................... 3 <br /> The Review Process......................................................................................4 <br /> Description of the Environment........................................................................ ......5 <br /> Description of the Mine Operation Plan............ ...................................................... 12 <br /> Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety.............................. 16 <br /> Stipulations................................................................................................... 16 <br /> Part A- Findings required by Section 2.07.6(2)... .................................................16 <br /> Part B - Findings required by Rule 4................................................................26 <br /> I. Roads -Rule 4.03...................................................................... 26 <br /> II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04.........................................................27 <br /> III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05......................................................27 <br /> IV. Topsoil...................................................................................28 <br /> V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings.............................28 <br /> VI. Use of Explosives...................................................................... 28 <br /> VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil...............................................................28 <br /> VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks...............................................................28 <br /> IX. Coal Mine Waste.......................................................................29 <br /> X. Backfilling and Grading...............................................................29 <br /> XI. Revegetation............ ............................................................... 29 <br /> XII. Post-mining Land Use..................................................................31 <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values.................31 <br /> XIV. Protection of Underground Mining...................................................32 <br /> XV. Subsidence Control.....................................................................32 <br /> XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining..................................... 35 <br /> XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors............... .................................35 <br /> XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland.......................................................47 <br /> XIX. Mountaintop Removal................................................................. 47 <br /> XX. Operations on Steep Slopes........................................................... 48 <br /> XXI. In Situ Processing...................................................................... 48 <br /> Foidel Creek Mine 2 August 4,2023 <br />