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a <br />Those reclamation responsibilities include, but are not <br />limited to: <br />(2) seal all portals, entryways, drifts, <br />shafts, or other openings between the <br />surface and underground mine when no longer <br />needed for the conduct of the mining <br />operations; <br />(3) fill or seal exploratory holes no <br />longer necessary for mining, maximizing ... <br />return of mine and processing waste, <br />tailings, and any other waste incident to <br />the mining operation, to the mine workings <br />or excavations; <br />(4) ...stabilize all waste piles created by <br />the permittee...; <br />~** <br />(6) establish on regraded areas and all <br />other lands affected, a diverse and <br />permanent vegetative cover capable of self- <br />regeneration and plant succession and at <br />least equal in extent to cover to the <br />natural vegetation of the area; <br />,~~+ <br />(8) eliminate fire hazards and otherwise <br />eliminate conditions which constitute a <br />hazard to health and safety of the public. <br />30 U.S.C. § 1266. <br />The physical requirements imposed on Powderhorn by these <br />statutes and regulations and by the Permit and subsequent <br />correspondence from the Division of Minerals and Geology are <br />extensive. They are set forth in detail in the Permit and in <br />7 <br />