GENERAL36874

• Permit No: C1983059
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/23/1993
• 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 1
Summary - History of the Review Process, 1
Description of the Hnvironment
Description of the Operations and
Reclamation Plan
Findings of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division 7
Section A - Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6 7
Probable Hydrologic Consequences of Mining
Summary of Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment
Section B - Rule 4 9
2. Roads 9
II. Support Facilities 10
III. Hydrologic Balance 10
IV. Topsoil 14
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and IInderground Openings 14
VI. IIse of Hxplosives 14
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks 14
IX. Coal Mine Waste 14
X. Backfilling and Grading 15
XI. Revegetation 15
XII. Poet-Mining Land IIse 15
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife,
and Related Hnvironmental Values 15
XIV. Protection of IInderground Mining 16
XV. Subsidence Control 16
Xvi. Concurrent Surface and IInderground Mining 16
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors 16
XVIIZ. Operations on Prime Farmland 18
XIX. Mountaintop Removal 19
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes 19
XXI. In Situ Processing 19
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