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<br />Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................................................. 1 <br />Proposed Decision ............................................................. 2 <br />Stipulations ..................................................................2 <br />Summary ................................................................... 6 <br />The Review Process ....................................................... 6 <br />Description of the Environment ............................................. 10 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................. 12 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .......................... 14 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ................................................ .... 14 <br />Section B -Rule 4 .................................................... .... 19 <br />I. Roads ..........................:........................ .... 19 <br />II. Support Facilities ......................................... .... 21 <br />III. Hydrologic Ba]ance ........................................ .... 22 <br />N. Topsoil ................................................. .... 24 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ............. .... 24 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ......................................... .... 25 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................... .... 26 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................... .... 27 <br />Ilk. Coal Mine Waste .......................................... .... 28 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................... .... 29 <br />XI. Revegetation ............................................. .... 30 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................... .... 31 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..... .... 31 <br />XN. Protection of Underground Mining ............................ .... 31 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ........................................ .... 32 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................... .... 32 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .......................... .... 32 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................... .... 33 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ..................................... .... 33 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................. .... 35 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ......................................... .... 35 <br />i <br />