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Table of Contents <br />[ntroduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 <br />Proposed Decision ........................................................................................................................3 <br />Summary ........................................ <br />The Review Process .................................................................... <br />Description of the Environment .................................................. <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ................. <br />.............................................. 4 <br />................................... 4 <br />................................... 6 <br />.................................11 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................. <br />14 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................ .......14 <br />Section B -Rule 4 .................................................................................................... ....... 18 <br />I. Roads ................................................................................................ ....... 18 <br />11. Support Facilities ............................................................................. ....... 20 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................................... .......20 <br />IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................. .......23 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ..................... .......24 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................ .......24 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. .......24 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... .......24 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. ........25 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................... .......25 <br />XI. Revegetation .................................................................................... .......25 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................... ....... 26 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..... .......26 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .................................................. .......27 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .......................................................................... .......27 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................ .......27 <br />XVlI. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .............................................. .......27 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ........................................................ .......28 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ..................................................................... .......28 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................. .......28 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................ .......28 <br />i <br />