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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ...................................................................................................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision .........................................................................................................................3 <br />Summary .......................................................................................................................................5 <br />The Review Process ..........................................................................................................5 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................9 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .....................................................14 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .....................................................17 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................ .......17 <br />Section B -Ru le 4 .................................................................................................... .......21 <br />I. Roads ................................................................................................ .......21 <br />II. Support Facilities .............................................................................. .......23 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................... .......23 <br />IV. Topsoil .............................................................................................. .......26 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ..................... .......27 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................. .......27 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. .......27 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... .......27 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................. .......28 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................... .......28 <br />XI. Revegetation ..................................................................................... .......28 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................... .......29 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..... .......30 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .................................................. .......30 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .......................................................................... .......30 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................. .......30 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .............................................. .......31 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ........................................................ .......31 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ...................................................................... .......31 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .............................................................. .......31 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................. .......32 <br /> <br />