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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................................................................................................................... I <br />Proposed Decision .........................................................................................................................3 <br />Summary .......................................................................................................................................4 <br />The Review Process ..........................................................................................................4 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................6 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .....................................................10 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .....................................................13 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................ .......13 <br />Section B -Ru le 4 .................................................................................................... .......17 <br />I. Roads ................................................................................................ ....... l7 <br />II. Support Facilities .............................................................................. .......18 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................... ....... l8 <br />N. Topsoil .............................................................................................. .......22 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ..................... .......22 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................. .......22 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. .......23 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... .......23 <br />D{. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................. .......23 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................... .......23 <br />XI. Revegetation ...................................................................................... ......24 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................... .......25 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..... .......25 <br />XN. Protection of Underground Mining .................................................. .......25 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .......................................................................... .......25 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................. .......26 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .............................................. .......26 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................................... ......26 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ....................................................................... ......26 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................... ......27 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................. .......27 <br /> <br />