2007-07-30_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981041

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/30/2007
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for PR3
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Introduction ..................:............................................................................................................................... 1
Proposed Decision ........:...............................................................................:....i..........................................2
Summary -Permitting History and Review Process . ..:.................................:' . ;,..........................................3
Description of the Environment .....................................................:.............................................8
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ...............................::........................................12
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Findings of the Colorado,Mined Land Reclamation Division ...........................1........................................16
Section A -Rule 2.07.6 .......................................................................:............................................ 16
Section B -Rule 4 ...............................................................................:............................................19
I. Roads ....................................................................................:................................... .....19
II. Hydrologic Balance ................................................................ .................................. .....21
[II. Topsoil ..................................................................................................................... .....33
IV. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .............................................. .....35
V. Disposal of Debris, Acid-Forming and Toxic-Forming Materials ............................ .....36
VI. Coal Mine Waste and Non-Coal Processing Waste ..............1................................... .....36
VI[. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................:.................................. .....38
VIII. Permit Incorporating Variances from Approximate Original Contour Restoration
Requirements for Steep Slope Mining ..................................:.................................. .....40
IX. Revegetation ..........................................................................:.................................. .....43
X. Alternate Land Uses .............................................................':.................................. .....46
Xl. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values ............................. .....49
XII. Subsidence Control ..............................................................:°................................... .....50
XIII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ....................................:..................................
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