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Contents <br />Introduction ............ ........................................................................................................... .............. 1 <br />Proposed Decision . ........................................................................................................... .............. 2 <br />Summary ................ ........................................................................................................... .............. 4 <br />The Review Process .............................................................................................. .............. 4 <br />Description of the Environment ............................................................................ .............. 4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ........................................... .............. 9 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ........................................... ............ 10 <br />Section A .... ........................................................................................................... ............ 10 <br />Section B .... ........................................................................................................... ............ 14 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 .......................................................................... ............ 14 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ....................................................... ............ 14 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 .................................................... ............ 14 <br />N. Topsoil .......................................................................................... ............19 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................. ............ 19 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ......................................................................... ............ 19 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste ........................................................................... ............ 19 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................ ............ 20 <br />IX. Revegetation ................................................................................. ............ 21 <br />X. Post-mining Land Use ................................................................... ............ 22 <br />XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .. ............ 23 <br />XII. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................... ............ 23 <br />XIII. Subsidence Control ....................................................................... ............ 23 <br />XIV. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................... ............ 24 <br />XV. Operations on Prime Farmland ..................................................... ............ 26 <br />ii <br />