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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Introduction ...................................................................................................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision ........................................................................................................................1 <br />Acronvms .......................................................................................................................................2 <br />Summarv .......................................................................................................................................2 <br />The Review Process ..........................................................................................................2 <br />Permit Historv ..................................................................................................................2 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................5 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />for the Renewal of Permit C-84-063, Eastside Coal Mine ...........................................................7 <br />Explanation of Findin~s .....................................................................................................7 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 .....................................................................................................7 <br />Section B -Rule 4 ...........................................................................................................10 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ........................................................................ ..........10 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ....................................................... ..........11 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ................................................... ..........11 <br />IV. Topsoil ......................................................................................... ..........17 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................. ..........17 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ........................................................................ ..........17 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ............................................................. ..........18 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................................................... ..........18 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ......................................................................... ..........18 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .............................................................. ..........18 <br />XI. Revegetation ................................................................................ ..........18 <br />XIL Qost-minin Land_Use_._ ....................._......._...._.........__........... ._......_19 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values . ..........19 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .............................................. ..........19 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ...................................................................... ..........19 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ............................ ..........19 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................... ..........20 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland .................................................... ..........20 <br />XD{. Mountaintop Removal ................................................................. ..........20 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ......................................................... ..........21 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ........................................................................ ..........21 <br />Permit Renewal No. 4 i 12/03/04 <br />