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<br />Table of Contents <br />Page <br />Introduction ................................................................................ 1 <br />Proposed Decision ......................................................................... 1 <br />Summary <br />History of the Review Process . ....................................................... 1 <br />Description of the Environment ................................................................3 <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan .......................................7 <br />Findings of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division .................................. 8 <br />Section A -Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6 ........................................ 8 <br />Section B -Rule 4 .....................................................................11 <br />I. Roads ... .................................................................11 <br />II. Support Facilities .............................................................12 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................12 <br />IV. Topsoil .....................................................................16 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .........:............16 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .......................................................16 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .. <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks . . <br />Di. Coal Mine Waste ....... . <br />X. Backfilling and Grading . . <br />XI. Revegetation ........... . <br />XII. Post-Mining Land Use .. . <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife <br />.....................................................17 <br />................................................17 <br />.................................................17 <br />..................................................17 <br />...................................................17 <br />...............................................18 <br />and' Related Environmental Values .........18 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ..........................................18 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............... ................................:.......18 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ..........................18 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .....................................18 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................21 <br />XD~. Mountaintop Removal ........ ............................................22 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ... .........................................22 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .......................................................22 <br />