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Table of Contents <br /> Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 3 <br /> I. Proposed Decision...................................................................................................................... 4 <br /> II. The Review Process.................................................................................................................. 5 <br /> III. Description of the Environment........................................................................................... 10 <br /> A. General and Affected Area............................................................................................... 10 <br /> B. Geology and Topography ................................................................................................ 10 <br /> C. Surface Water................................................................................................................... 11 <br /> D. Ground Water.................................................................................................................. 13 <br /> F. Soils .......................................................................................................................... 15 <br /> F. Vegetation and Land Use................................................................................................. 16 <br /> G. Fish and Wildlife.............................................................................................................. 17 <br /> H. Climate .......................................................................................................................... 17 <br /> IV. Description of the Operations................................................................................................. 17 <br /> Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ...................................... 19 <br /> SectionA- Rule 2.07.6.......................................................................................................... 19 <br /> SectionB -Rule 4.................................................................................................................. 22 <br /> I. Roads................................................................................................................ 22 <br /> II. Support Facilities ............................................................................................. 22 <br /> III. Hydrologic Balance.......................................................................................... 23 <br /> IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................................. 25 <br /> V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ..................................... 26 <br /> VI. Use of Explosives............................................................................................. 26 <br /> VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil.................................................................................. 26 <br /> VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks................................................................................... 26 <br /> IX. Coal Mine Waste.............................................................................................. 26 <br /> X. Backfilling and Grading................................................................................... 27 <br /> XI. Revegetation..................................................................................................... 27 <br /> XII. Post-Mining Land Use ..................................................................................... 30 <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values..................... 30 <br /> XIV. Protection of Underground Mining.................................................................. 30 <br /> XV. Subsidence Control .......................................................................................... 30 <br /> XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining................................................. 30 <br /> XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .............................................................. 31 <br /> XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland........................................................................ 31 <br /> XIX. Mountaintop Removal...................................................................................... 32 <br /> XX. Operations on Steep Slopes.............................................................................. 32 <br /> XXI. In Situ Processing............................................................................................. 32 <br /> 2 <br />