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Table of Contents <br />Introduction .......................... <br />Proposed Decision ............... <br />..........................1 <br />........................... 3 <br />Summary .......................................................................................................................................5 <br />The Review Process .......................................................................................................... 5 <br />Description of the Environment ...................................................................................... i l <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .....................................................17 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .... <br />................... 20 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................... .... 20 <br />Section B -Rule 4 ....................................................................................................... .... 25 <br />I. Roads ................................................................................................... ....25 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................ ....27 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................ ....27 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................ ....30 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................ .... 31 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................... .... 31 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ..................................................................... ....32 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ...................................................................... .... 32 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................. .... 32 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ...................................................................... .... 32 <br />XI. Revegetation ....................................................................................... ....32 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use .......................................................................... ... 34 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......... ...34 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ...................................................... ... 34 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .............................................................................. ... 34 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................................... ... 35 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .................................................. ... 35 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................ ...35 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ......................................................................... ... 35 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................. ... 35 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ................................................................................ ... 36 <br />i <br />