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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1 <br />Proposed Decision ......................................................................................................... ................. 4 <br />Summary ........................................................................................................................ ................. 5 <br />The Review Process ....................................................................................................... ................. 5 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................... ................. 6 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................... ................. 9 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ........................ ............... 12 <br />Explanation of Findings ................................................................................................. ............... 12 <br />Stipulations .................................................................................................................... ............... 12 <br />Section A-Rule 2.07.6 .................................................................................................... ............... 12 <br />Section B-Rule 4 ............................................................................................................ ............... 21 <br />I. Roads .................................................................................................... ............... 21 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................. ............... 22 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................ ...............22 <br />IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................... ...............23 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................ ............... 23 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .............................................................................. ............... 23 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. ............... 23 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................. ............... 23 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................... ............... 23 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ...................................................................... ............... 24 <br />XI. Revegetation ...................................................................................... ............... 24 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................... ............... 25 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... ............... 26 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. ............... 26 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .......................................................................... ............... 26 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................ ............... 28 <br />XVII. Auger Mining ................................................................................. ............... 28 <br />XVIII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................... ............... 28 <br />XIX. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... ............... 40 <br />XX. Mountaintop Removal ....................................................................... .............. 40 <br />XXI. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................. .............. 40 <br />XXII. Support Facilities Not Located within the Permit Area ................. .............. 40 <br />XXIII. In-Situ Processing .......................................................................... .............. 40 <br />ii <br />