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<br />Table of Contents
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<br />Introduction 1
<br />Proposed Decision 2
<br />Stipulations 3
<br />Summary
<br />The Review Process 5
<br />The Existing Environment 5
<br />The Operations and Reclamation Plan 7
<br />Findings of the Colorado Mined Land
<br />Recl amation Division 8
<br />I. Legal, Financial, and Compliance Information - Rules 2,03,
<br /> 2.07,6(2)(f), 2,07, 6(2)(g) and 2,07,6(2)(h) 8
<br />II, Land Use - Rules 2,04.3, 2.05.5 and 4.16 9
<br />III. Cultural and Historic Resources -Rules 2.04,4 and 2,05.6(4) 10
<br />IV. Geology - Rules 2,04,5 and 2.04.6 10
<br />V, Ground Water Hydrology - Rules 2.04.5, 2.04.7, 2.05.6(3)
<br /> and 4,05
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<br />VI. Surface Water Hydrology - Rules 2.04.5, 2.04.7(2), 2,05,3(4),
<br /> 2,05.6(3) and 4,05
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<br />VII. Water Rights and Replacement - Rules 2,04,7(3), 2,05.6(3)(a)(ii),
<br /> 2.07.6(2)(c) and 4.05,15
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<br />VIII, Alluvial Valley Floors - Rules 2,06,8, 2,07.6(2)(k) and 4.24. 15
<br />IX. Assessment of Probable Hydrological Consequences of Mining and
<br /> Cumulative Hydrologic Impacts - Rules 2.05.6(3) and 2.07.6(2)(c) 17
<br /> A. Probable Hydrologic Consequences 17
<br /> 1. Surface Water Effects 17
<br /> 2. Ground Water Effects 18
<br /> B. Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment 19
<br /> 1. Surface Water Effects 19
<br /> 2, Ground Water Effects 20
<br />X, Climatological Information and Air Resources - Rules 2.04.8,
<br /> 2,05,4(2)(h), 2,05,6(1) and 4,19
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<br />XI. Soil Resources - Rules 2,04,9, 2,05,3(5), 2,05.4(2)(d) and 4.06. 21
<br />XII. Vegetation - Rules 2,04.10, 2:05.4(2)(e), 4.15 and 4.18(4)(1) 22
<br />XIII. Fish and Wildlife - Rules 2.04,11, 2,05.6(2) and 4,18 24
<br />XIY, Prime Farmland - Rules 2.04,12, 2.06,6 and 4.25 25
<br />XV, Operations Description - Rules 2.05,2, 2,05.3(2) and 4.01 25
<br />XVI. Explosives - Rules 2.05,3(6) and 4.08 26
<br />XVII. Backfilling and Grading - Rules 2.05.3(3), 2.05.3(4),
<br /> 2,05.4(2)(a), 2,05.4(2)(c), 4.09, 4,13 and 4,14 26
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