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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ........................................................................................................................... ......... l <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................................................................ .........2 <br />Summary ............................................................................................................................... .........3 <br />The Review Process .................................................................................................. .........3 <br />Description of the Environment ................................................................................ .........3 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................................... .........7 <br />Findings of The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................. .........9 <br />Section A-Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................... .......10 <br />Section B-Rule 4 ....................................................................................................... .......17 <br />I. Roads ........................................................................................................... .......17 <br />II. Support Facilities ......................................................................................... .......18 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ..................................................................................... .......18 <br />IV. Topsoil ........................................................................................................ .......20 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .......................................20 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ....................................................................................... .......20 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ............................................................................ .......20 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................................................................. .......20 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ....................................................................................... .......20 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ............................................................................. .......21 <br />XI. Revegetation .............................................................................................. .......21 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use .............................................................................. ........22 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ............. ........22 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ..................................................................22 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .................................................................................. ........23 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ......................................... ........24 <br />XVII. Auger Mining .:................................................................................:........ ........25 <br />XVIII.Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ...................................................... ...:....25 <br />XIX. Operations on Prime Farmland ........................................................................34 <br />XX. Mountaintop Removal .............................................................................. ........34 <br />XXI. Operations on Steep Slopes ..................................................................... ........34 <br />XXII. Support Facilities Not Located within the Permit Area ........................... ........35 <br />XXIII.In-Situ Processing .................................................................................... ........35 <br />ii <br />