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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ......................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision .................................................. 5 <br />Summarv ........................................................6 <br />The Review Process .............................................. 6 <br />Descr~tion of the Environment ...................................... 9 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ....................... 17 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ..................... 18 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ........................................... 18 <br />Section B -Rule 4 .............................................. 21 <br />I. Roads .......................................................................................... <br />II. Support Facilities ........................................................................ <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .................................................................... <br />IV. Topsoil ........................................................................................ <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................ <br />VI. Use of Explosives ....................................................................... <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ............................................................ <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................................................. <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ........................................................................ <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ............................................................. <br />XI. Revegetation ............................................................................... <br />XII. Post mining Land Use ................................................................ <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................ <br />XV. Subsidence Control ..................................................................... <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ........................... <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ......................................... <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland .................................................... <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ................................................................. <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ......................................................... <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ........................................................................ <br />.................. 21 <br />..................23 <br />.................. 24 <br />..................29 <br />..................30 <br />.................. 3 0 <br />..................30 <br />.................. 3 0 <br />.................. 31 <br />..................32 <br />.................. 3 3 <br />.................. 3 5 <br />.................. 3 5 <br />.................. 3 6 <br />.................. 3 6 <br />.................. 3 9 <br />.................. 3 9 <br />..................42 <br />..................42 <br />..................42 <br />.................. 43 <br />i <br />