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Table of Contents
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<br />Introduction .1
<br />Proposed Decision 2
<br />List of Stipulations 2
<br />Summary of the Review Process. 4
<br />Description of the Environment 5
<br />Findings of the Colorado Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Division for the Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine 6
<br />I. Legal, Financial, and Compliance Information, Rule 2.03 6
<br />II. Land Use - Rules 2.04.3, 2.05.5, and 4.15 6
<br />III. Cultural and Historic Resources - Rules 2.04.4 and 2.05.6(4}. 7
<br />IV. Geology - Rules 2.04.5 and 2.04.6 8
<br />V. Hydrologic Balance - Surface Water - Rules 2.04.4, 2.04.7,
<br /> 2/-5/3. 2j-5/4. and 4/-5. 8
<br />VI. Water Rights and Replacement - Rules 2.04.3(7) and 4.05.15. 9
<br />VII. Hydrologic Balance: Ground Water - Rules 2.04.5, 2.04.7,
<br /> 2.05.4(2)(h), 2.05.6(1), and 4.17 9
<br />VIII. Probable Hydrologic Consequences of Mining and Cumulative
<br /> Hydrologic Impact Assessment - Rules 2.05.6(3) and 2.07.6(2). 10
<br />IX. Alluvial Valley Floors - Rules 2.06.8 and 4.24. 20
<br />X. Climatological Information and Air Resources - Rules 2.04..8,
<br /> 2.05.4(2)(h), 2.05.6(1), and 4.17 21
<br />XI. Topsoil - Rules 2.04.9, 2.05.3(5), 2.05.4(2)(d), and 4.06 21
<br />XII. Vegetation - Rules 2.04.10, 20.5.4(2)(e). and 4.15. 22
<br />XIII. Fish and Wildlife - Rules 2.04.11, 2.05.6(2), and 4.18. 23
<br />XIV. Prime Farmlands - Rules 2.04.12, 2.06.6, and 4.25 23
<br />XV. Operation Description - Rules 2.05.2, 2.05.3(1), 2.05.3(2), .
<br /> and 4.01. 24
<br />XVI. Explosives - Rules 2.05.3(6)(a) and 4.08. 24
<br />XVII. Backfilling and Grading - Rules 2.05.2(6)(b), 2.05.3(2)(a),
<br /> 2.05.4(2)(c), 4.09, 4.13, and 4.14. 24
<br />XVIII. Coal Mine Waste and Non-Coal Waste - Rules 2.05.3(8),
<br /> 2.05.4(2)(f), 4.10, and 4.11. 25
<br />XIX. Mine Facilities, Coal Handling Structures, and Support
<br /> Facilities - Rules 2.05.3(3), 2.05.3(7), and 4.04 26
<br />XX. Roads - Rules 2.05.3(3) and 4.03. 27
<br />XXI. Bonding - Rule 2.05.4(2)(b) 27
<br />XXII. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings - Rules
<br /> 2.05.4(2)(9) and 4.07 27
<br />XXIII. Subsidence - Rules 2.05.6(6) and 4.20 27
<br />XXIV. Special Categories of Mining - Rules 2.06, 4.22, 4.23, 4.27,
<br /> 4.28, and 4.29. 28
<br />XXV. Miscellaneous Compliance - Rules 2.03.3, 2.05.6(5), 4.02, 4.12,
<br /> 4.19, 4.21, 4.28, and 4.30. 28
<br />XXVI. Operations on Lands Subject to Limitations or Prohibitions -
<br /> Rules 2.03.7 and 2.10 28
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