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Table of Contents <br />Introduction .................................................... <br />Proposed Decision .. <br />Summary........ <br />............................................................................. 3 <br />............................................................................. 3 <br />The Review Process ................................................................................................. <br />Description of the Environment ............................................................................... <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan .............................................. <br /> <br />......22 <br />......26 <br />....x.35 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ......................................................39 <br />Section A ..........................................................................................................................39 <br />Section B ..........................................................................................................................40 <br />I. Roads ................................................................................................ .....43 <br />II. SupportFacilities ............................................................................. .....44 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................... .....44 <br />IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................. .....59 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ..................... .....60 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................ .....60 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. .....60 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... .....60 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................. .....63 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................... .....63 <br />XI. Revegetation .................................................................................... .....64 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................... .....65 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values...... ....65 <br />XN. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................... ....66 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ........................................................................... ....66 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................................. ....71 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................... ....71 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................................... ....73 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ...................................................................... ....73 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .............................................................. ....73 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .............................................................................. ....73 <br /> <br />r <br />r~ <br />L <br />2 <br />