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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................................................................................................ ........................ l <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................................................. .....................2 <br />Summarv ................................................................................................................... ......................3 <br />The Review Process ................................................................................................ .......................3 <br />Description of the Environment .............................................................................. .......................4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................................. .......................7 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geo]o2y ..................................... .......................10 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ........................................................................................... .......................10 <br />Section B -Rule 4 ................................................................................................... .......................13 <br />I. Roads ....................................................................................................... .......................13 <br />II. Support Facilities ..................................................................................... .......................15 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ................................................................................. .......................16 <br />N. Topsoil ..................................................................................................... .......................17 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ............................. .......................18 <br />VI. Use ofExplosives .................................................................................... .......................18 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ......................................................................... .......................19 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .......................................................................... .......................19 <br />iX. Coal Mine Waste ..................................................................................... .......................19 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .......................................................................... .......................20 <br />XI. Revegetation ............................................................................................ .......................21 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ............................................................................. .......................22 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ............ .......................22 <br />XN. Protection of Underground Mining ......................................................... .......................22 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .................................................................................. .......................22 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ........................................ .......................22 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ...................................................... .......................22 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ................................................................ .......................23 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ............................................................................: .......................23 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ..................................................................... .......................25 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................... .......................25 <br />