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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Introduction ..................................................... 1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................. 1 <br />Summary .......................................... .............2 <br />The Review Process .............................. ............. 2 <br />Description of the Environment ...................... ............. 4 <br />Land Use ..................................... .............4 <br />Cultural and Historic Resources ...................... ............. 5 <br />Climatological Information and Air Resources ............. ............. 5 <br />Geology ...................................... .............6 <br />Hydrologic Balance .............................. ............. 7 <br />Groundwater .............................. .............7 <br />Surface Water ..................................... 9 <br />Water Rights and Replacement .................................... 9 <br />Soils ....................................................10 <br />Vegetation ................................................10 <br />Fish and Wildlife ............................................ 11 <br />Description of Operations and Reclamation Plan ....................... 11 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ................... .. 13 <br />Explanation of Findings ..................................... .. 13 <br />SECTION A ............................................. ..13 <br />Findin gs Required by Rule 2.07.6(2) ........................ .. 13 <br />SECTION B ............................................. ..16 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ................................ .. 16 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ........................ .. 17 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ....................... .. 17 <br />1V. Topsoil ....................................... ..23 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ......... .. 23 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ................................ .. 24 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ........................... .. 24 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................ .. 24 <br />[X. Coal Mine Waste ................................ .. 24 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ............................ .. 24 <br />XI. Revegetation ................................... .. 26 <br />XII. Post-Mining Land Use ............................. .. 28 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values .. .. 28 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ..................... .. 29 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................... .. 29 <br />