2002-05-09_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1996083

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/9/2002
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN1
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1
Proposed Decision ........................................................................................................................2
Summary .......................................................................................................................................4
The Review Process ..........................................................................................................4
Description of the Environment ......................................................................................10
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ..................................................... 16
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................. ........19
Section A -R ule 2.07.6 ........................................................................................... ........19
Section B -R ule 4 ................................................................................................... ........24
I. Roads ............................................................................................... ........24
II. Support Facilities ............................................................................ ........ 26
III. Hydrologic Balance ........................................................................ ........26
N. Topsoil ............................................................................................ ........29
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................... ........ 30
VI. Use of Explosives ........................................................................... ........30
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................................. ........30
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................. ........30
IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. ........31
X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................. ........ 31
XI. Revegetation ................................................................................... ........31
XII. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................... ........ 32
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... ........32
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. ........33
XV. Subsidence Control ......................................................................... ........33
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ............................... ........33
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................. ........33
XVIII . Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... ........34
XIX. Mountaintop Removal .................................................................... ........34
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................ ........34
XXI. In Situ Processing ........................................................................... ........ 34
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