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<br /> <br />Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 <br />Proposed Decision ...................................................................................................................................... 2 <br />Summary ....................................................................................................................................................4 <br />The Review Process ...................................................................................................................... 4 <br />Description of the Environment .................................................................................................. I 1 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ................................................................. 16 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ..................................................... ............. 19 <br />Section A -Ru le 2.07.6 .................................................................................................. ............. 19 <br />Section B -Ru le 4 .......................................................................................................... ............. 23 <br />[. Roads .................................................................................................... ............. 23 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................. ............. 24 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .............................................................................. ............. 25 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................. .............27 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................... .............28 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ................................................................................. ............. 28 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ...................................................................... ............. 29 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ....................................................................... .............29 <br />[X. Coal Mine Waste .................................................................................. .............29 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ....................................................................... ............. 29 <br />XI. Revegetation ......................................................................................... ............. 29 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use .......................................................................... ............. 30 <br />XII[. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......... .............30 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................................... ............ 31 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .............................................................................. ............. 31 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..................................... ............. 31 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................... ............ 31 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................. ............ 32 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................... ............32 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................... ............32 <br />XX[. In Situ Processing .................................................................................. ............32 <br />