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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Introduction ................................................. 1 <br />Proposed Decision ............................................ 2 <br />Summary of Stipulations ...................................... 2 <br />Summary ...................................................... 15 <br />The Review Process ...................................... 15 <br />Description of the Environment .......................... 15 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plan ....... 21 <br />Findings of the Division of Minerals Geology ................. 26 <br />Section A .................................................... 26 <br />Section B .................................................... 31 <br />I. Roads ............................................ 31 <br />II. Support Facilities ............................... 32 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................... 33 <br />IV. Topsoil .......................................... 46 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground <br /> Openings .................................... 47 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ................................ 47 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................ 48 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading .......................... 49 <br />IX. Revegetation ..................................... 49 <br />X. Post-Mining Land Use ............................. 51 <br />XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related <br /> Environmental Values ........................ 52 <br />XII. Subsidence Control ............................... 52 <br />XIII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............. 54 <br />XIV. Operations on Prime Farmland ..................... 55 <br />XV. Mountaintop Removal ............................... 55 <br />Southfield Mine Pe rmit Renewal 03 <br />1 <br />