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Table of Contents <br />Introduction .......................................... <br />................................................................ 2 <br />Proposed Decision .......................................................................................................................... 3 <br />S ummary ......................................................................................................................................... 4 <br />The Review Process .......................................................................................................... 21 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................ 25 <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ....................................................... 34 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .............................................. ......... 38 <br />Section A ........ .......................................................................................................... ......... 38 <br />Section B ........ .......................................................................................................... ......... 40 <br />I. Roads ............................................................................................. .........42 <br />II. Support Facilities .......................................................................... ......... 43 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ....................................................................... ......... 43 <br />IV. Topsoil .......................................................................................... .........58 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................. ......... 58 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ......................................................................... ......... 58 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ............................................................... ......... 59 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................ ......... 59 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ........................................................................... ......... 61 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................ ......... 63 <br />XI. Revegetation ................................................................................. ......... 63 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ................................................................... ......... 64 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values.. ......... 64 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................... ......... 64 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ....................................................................... ......... 64 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .............................. ......... 69 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................... ......... 69 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ...................................................... ........ 72 <br />XD{. Mountaintop Removal ................................................................... ........ 72 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ........................................................... ........ 72 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ........................................................................... ........ 72 <br />1 <br />