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Table of Contents <br /> Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 2 <br /> ProposedDecision ......................................................................................................................... 3 <br /> Summary........................................................................................................................................ 4 <br /> History.......................................................................................................................................4 <br /> Description of the Environment.............................................................................................. 4 <br /> Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans............................................................. 6 <br /> Status of Previous Stipulations .................................................................................................7 <br /> Revisionsto the Permit...........................................................................................................19 <br /> ReviewProcess.......................................................................................................................20 <br /> Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ..................................... 21 <br /> SectionA - Rule 2.07.6......................................................................................................... 21 <br /> SectionB - Rule 4................................................................................................................. 24 <br /> I. Roads............................................................................................................... 24 <br /> II. Support Facilities............................................................................................. 24 <br /> III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................................................... 24 <br /> IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................................. 32 <br /> V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings..................................... 32 <br /> VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................................ 33 <br /> VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil.................................................................................. 33 <br /> VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks................................................................................... 33 <br /> IX. Coal Mine Waste.............................................................................................. 33 <br /> X. Backfilling and Grading................................................................................... 34 <br /> XI. Revegetation .................................................................................................... 34 <br /> XII. Post-mining Land Use...................................................................................... 35 <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values..................... 35 <br /> XIV. Protection of Underground Mining...................................................................35 <br /> XV. Subsidence Control.......................................................................................... 35 <br /> XVL Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................................ 36 <br /> XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors.............................................................. 37 <br /> XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland........................................................................ 40 <br /> XIX. Mountaintop Removal ..................................................................................... 41 <br /> XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................................. 41 <br /> XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................................ 41 <br /> i <br />