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Table of Contents <br />Introduction. <br />Proposed Decision ...................................................................................................... ...................2 <br />Summary ..................................................................................................................... ................... 3 <br />The Review Process ........................................................................................ ...................3 <br />Description of the Environment ...................................................................... ...................3 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ..................................... ...................6 <br />Findings of The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ................................... ...................9 <br />Section A-Rule 2.07.6 ..................................................................................... .................10 <br />Section B-Rule 4 ............................................................................................. .................17 <br />I. Roads ................................................................................................. .................17 <br />II. Support Facilities ............................................................................... .................18 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ........................................................................... .................18 <br />IV. Topsoil .............................................................................................. .................20 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...................... .................20 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................. .................20 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. .................20 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... .................20 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. .................20 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................... .................21 <br />XI. Revegetation .................................................................................... .................21 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................... .................22 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... .................22 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. .................22 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ......................................................................... .................23 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................ .................24 <br />XVII. Auger Mining .................................................................................. .................24 <br />XVIII.Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................. .................24 <br />XIX. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... .................34 <br />XX. Mountaintop Removal ...................................................................... ................34 <br />XXI. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................ .................34 <br />XXII. Support Facilities Not Located within the Permit Area ................... ................35 <br />XXIII.In-Situ Processing ............................................................................ ................35 <br />ii <br />