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Table of Contents <br />Introduction .......................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................... 5 <br />Summarv .........................................................7 <br />The Review Process ............................................... 7 <br />Description of the Environment ...................................... 10 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ......................... 19 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ...................... 21 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ............................................ 21 <br />Section B -Rule 4 ............................................... 2 4 <br />I. Roads ..................................................................................................... ........... 24 <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................... ...........27 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................... ........... 27 <br />N. Topsoil ................................................................................................... ...........33 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................... ........... 34 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................. ........... 34 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................................................... ........... 34 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................ ...........34 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................... ........... 36 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ......................................................................... ........... 36 <br />XI. Revegetation .......................................................................................... ........... 37 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................... ........... 39 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ........... ...........40 <br />XN. Protection of Underground Mining ........................................................ ...........41 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ................................................................................ ...........41 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ...................................... ...........45 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .................................................... ...........45 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland .............................................................. ...........48 <br />XD~. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................... ...........49 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................... ...........49 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .................................................................................. ...........49 <br />