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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................................... <br />Proposed Decision ........................................ <br />Summary ....................................................... <br />The Review Process ....................................................................... <br />Descrintion of the Environment ..................................................... <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan .................... <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology.......... <br />Section A ........................................................................................................................... 38 <br />Section B ........................................................................................................................... 40 <br />I. Roads ............................................................................................... .......42 <br />II. Support Facilities ............................................................................ .......43 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................................... ....... 43 <br />IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................ .......58 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................... ....... 58 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ........................................................................... ....... 58 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................................. ....... 59 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................. ....... 59 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. ....... 61 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................. ....... 63 <br />XI. Revegetation ................................................................................... ....... 63 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................... ....... 64 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values.... ....... 64 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. ....... 64 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ......................................................................... ....... 64 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................ ....... 69 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................. ....... 69 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... ....... 72 <br />XDC. Mountaintop Removal .................................................................... ....... 72 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................ ....... 72 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................ ....... 72 <br />1 <br />