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Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 3 <br />Pronoced Decision .............................................................................................................. 4 <br />S_umm3q[ ............................................................................................................................. 5 <br />Th R .vi .w Pro . cc ..................................................................................................... 5 <br />Mine Hictorv~and the Environment ................................................................................ 6 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ...................................... ....... 10 <br />Fxnlanatio n of Findinac ........................................................................................ ....... 10 <br />imma of Stirnilationc ...................................................................................... ....... 10 <br />S .tion A - R it 07.6 ........................................................................................ ....... 10 <br />Section B -Rule 4 ................................................................................................ ....... 13 <br />I. Roads ............................................................................................... .......13 <br />II. Support Facilities .............................................................................. ....... 13 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................... ....... 13 <br />IV. Topsoil .............................................................................................. .......15 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...................... ....... 15 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................. ....... 15 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. ....... 15 <br />VI. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... ....... 15 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .:............................................................................ ....... 16 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................... ....... 16 <br />XI. Revegetation .................................................................................... ....... 16 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................... ...... 17 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ....... ...... 17 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................... ....... 17 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ........................................................................... ...... 17 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................................. ...... 18 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................. ...... 18 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................................... ...... 18 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ....................................................................... ...... 19 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................. ...... 19 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................. ...... 19 <br />2 <br />