1993-06-08_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/8/1993
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance For RN2
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Page
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Proposed Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Summary - The Review Process , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Description of the Environment,
Description of the Operations and
Reclamation Plan.
Findings of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section A - Rule 2.07.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section B - Rule 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
I . Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
II . Hydrologic Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
I I I . Topsoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
IV. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground
Openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
V. Disposal of Debris , Acid-Forming and
Toxic-Forming Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
VI . Coal Mine Waste and Non-Coal Processing Waste . . . . . . 31
VII . Backfilling and Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
VIII . Revegetation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
IX. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related
Environmental Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
X. Subsidence Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
XI . Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors . . . . . . . . . . 39
XII . Operations on Prime Farmland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46