GENERAL42119

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 5/10/2001
• Doc Name: FEDERAL COAL LEASE COC-61209 APRIL 2001 MODIFICATION
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• Table of Contents
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Proposed Decision .........................................................................................................................3
Summary .......................................................................................................................................5
The Review Process ..........................................................................................................5
Description of the Environment ......................................................................................10
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .....................................................15
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .....................................................18
Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ........................................................................................... ........18
Section B -Ru le 4 ................................................................................................... ........22
I. Roads ............................................................................................... ........22
II. Support Facilities ............................................................................. ........24
III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................................... ........24
IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................. ........27
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................... ........28
VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................ ........28
• VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................................. ........29
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................. ........29
DC. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. ........29
X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................. ........29
XI. Revegetation .................................................................................... ........29
X[I. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................... ........31
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... ........31
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. ........31
XV. Subsidence Control ......................................................................... ........31
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................ ........32
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................. ........32
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... ........32
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ..................................................................... ........33
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................. ........33
XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................ ........33
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