2001-07-16_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 7/16/2001
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for RN4
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................3
ProposedDecision.............................................................................................1
Summary ........................................................................................................4
TheReview Process..................................................................................6
Description of the Environment....................................................................9
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan......................................... 18
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology........................................ 22
SectionA............................................................................................. 22
SectionB ............................................................................................. 23
1. Roads............................................................................. 25
II. Support Facilities............................................................... 27
III. Hydrologic Balance............................................................ 27
IV. Topsoil ........................................................................... 48
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................... 49
VI. Use of Explosives.............................................................. 49
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil...................................................... 49
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks....................................................... 49
IX. Coal Mine Waste............................................................... 52
X. Backfilling and Grading....................................................... 50
XI. Revegetation .................................................................... 53
XII. Post-mining Land Use......................................................... 55
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values....... 55
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ......................................... 55
XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................ 55
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining............................ 56
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ...................................... 56
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland .............................................. 64
XIX. Mountaintop Removal......................................................... 64
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes................................................... 64
XXI. In Situ Processing.............................................................. 64
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