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• as provided...." <br />(k) "The posts::ining slope may vary from the approxi- <br />mate original contour when ... (enumerated <br />conditions) . " <br />Sec. 816.104 - Backfilling and grading: thin overburden. <br />Sec. 816.105 - Backfilling and grading: thick overburden. <br />Sec. 816.106 - Backfilling and grading: previously mined <br />area <br />Sec. 816.106 - Backfilling and grading: steep slopes <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act <br />(34-33-101 et seq., C.R.S. 1973 as amended) <br />34-33-120 <br />(2)(c) "Except as pro vide d...backfill...and grade <br />in order to restore the approximate original <br />contour... (exceptions for conditions of <br />thick-thin seam mining, etc.)." <br />• (3)(a) °When an applicant meets requirements of <br />..a permit may be granted for surface coal <br />mining operations without regard to the <br />requirement to restore to approximate ori- <br />ginal contour...if...(mountain top contour <br />mining.)" <br />(3)(b) "In cases where ... (exceptions for postmining <br />uses)." <br />(5)(b) "When an applicant meets requirements...a <br />variance from requirement to restore to <br />approximate original con tour...sha11 be <br />granted ...." <br />Regulations of the Colorado :4ined Land Reclamation Board <br />4.14 Eackfilling and grading <br />4.14.1(2)(a) "Except as specifically exampted in <br />these Rules, all areas affected by surface <br />coal mining operations shall be returned <br />to their approximate original contour...." <br />• <br />-2 - <br />