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•y~ <br />.~ <br />Table of Contents <br />Introduction .....................................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision .................................................................2 <br />Summary of Permit and Operation .......................................... ......... 3 <br />The Review Process ................................ .........3 <br />Revisions During the Past Permit Term ................. ......... 4 <br />Status of Stipulations ............................... ......... 4 <br />Description of the Environment ............................................. ......... 4 <br />Topography ....................................... .........4 <br />Geology .......................................... .........5 <br />Hydrology ........................................ .........5 <br />Vegetation ........................................ .........7 <br />Land Use ......................................... .........7 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ....... ......... 8 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for the Apex No. 2 Mine ... ........ 9 <br />Explanation of Findings .............................. ........9 <br />SECTION A ................................................. ........9 <br />Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(2) . ................... ........ 9 <br />SECTION B ................................................. .......13 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ................................. ....... 13 <br />1I. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ....................... ....... 13 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ..................... ....... 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 />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ......................... ....... 16 <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 ................ ....... 18 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................. .......18 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ........ ....... 18 <br />XVII.Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors (AVF) ......... ....... 18 <br />XVII[. Operations on Prime Farmland ................... ....... 20 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal .......................... ....... 20 <br />XX. Jn Situ Processing .............................. ....... 20 <br />