GENERAL31538

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/12/2003
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for PR7
• From: Construct B-Seam Portals, Facility Benches, & Associated Structures
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ..................................................... 20
Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................... .... 20
Section B -Rule 4 ....................................................................................................... ....25
T. Roads ................................................................................................... .... 25
II. Support Facilities ................................................................................ .... 27
III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................ ....27
IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................ ....30
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................ .... 31
VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................... .... 31
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ..................................................................... .... 31
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ...................................................................... .... 32
IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................. ....32
X. Backfilling and Grading ...................................................................... .... 32
XI. Revegetation ....................................................................................... ....32
XII. Post-mining Land Use ......................................................................... .... 34
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ........ .... 34
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ..................................................... .... 34
XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................. ....34
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................... .... 35
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................. .... 35
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ........................................................... ....35
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................ .... 35
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................ .... 35
XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................... .... 36
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