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<br />Contents <br />Introduction .............. .......................................................................................................... ............1 <br />Proposed Decision ... .......................................................................................................... ............2 <br />Summary .................. .......................................................................................................... ............4 <br />The Review Process ............................................................................................... ............4 <br />Description o f the Environment ............................................................................. ............4 <br />Description o f the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................................ ............ 8 <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 ........................................................ .......... I4 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ..................................................... ..........14 <br />IV. Topsoil ........................................................................................... ..........19 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................... ..........19 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .......................................................................... ..........19 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................ ..........20 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................. ..........20 <br />[X. 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 />• <br />ii <br />