GENERAL41153

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 8/19/2007
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN5
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Contents
Introduction ............... .......................................................................................................... ............ 1
Proposed Decision .... .......................................................................................................... ............ 2
Summary ................... .......................................................................................................... ............ 4
The Review Process ................................................................................................ ............ 4
Description of the Environment .............................................................................. ............ 4
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................................. ............ 9
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................. .......... 10
Section A ....... .......................................................................................................... .......... 10
Section B ....... .......................................................................................................... .......... i4
I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ............................................................................ .......... 14
II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ......................................................... .......... 14
III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ...................................................... .......... 14
IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................ ..........19
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................... .......... 19
VI. Use of Explosives ........................................................................... .......... 19
VII. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. .......... 19
VIII. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................. .......... 20
IX. Revegetation ................................................................................... .......... 21
X. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................... .......... 22
XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... .......... 23
XII. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. .......... 23
XIII. Subsidence Control ......................................................................... .......... 23
XIV. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................. .......... 24
XV, Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... .......... 26
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