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Table of Contents <br />[ntroduction ...........................................:.......... 1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................. 2 <br />Summary ....................................................... 3 <br />The Review Process ............................................. 3 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................... 4 <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ....................... 7 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ..................... 8 <br />Section A ..........................................:......... 8 <br />Section B ................................................... 12 <br />I. Roads ........................................... .. 12 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................... .. 12 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ................................. .. 13 <br />IV. Topsoil .......................................... .. 15 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........... .. 16 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................. .. 16 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .............................. .. 16 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .............................. .. 17 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................... .. 17 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .............................. .. 17 <br />XI. Revegetation ...................................... .. 18 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ................................ .. 18 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... .. 19 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ....................... .. ]9 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .................................. .. 19 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................ .. 19 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ..................... .. 19 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland .......................... .. 21 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ................................ .. 21 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................ .. 21 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................. .. 21 <br />i <br />