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<br />Table of Contents <br />[ntroduction .....................................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................................2 <br />Summary of Permit and Operation ........................................ ........... 3 <br />The Review Process .............................. ...........3 <br />Revisions During the Past Permit Term ............... ........... 4 <br />Status of Stipulations ............................. ........... 4 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................... ...........4 <br />Topography ..................................... ...........4 <br />Geology ........................................ ...........5 <br />Hydrology ...................................... ...........5 <br />Vegetation ...................................... ...........7 <br />Land Use ....................................... ...........7 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ..... ............ 8 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for the Apex No. 2 Mine ........... 9 <br />Explanation of Findings ........................... ........... 9 <br />SECTION A .............................................. ...........9 <br />Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6(2) . ................ ........... 9 <br />SECTION B .............................................. ..........13 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ............................. ........... 13 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ................... ........... 13 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ................. ........... 13 <br />IV. Topsoil .................................... ...........IS <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings . ........... 15 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................. .......... 15 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ..................... ........... 15 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ..................... ........... 16 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................ ........... 16 <br />X.Backfilling and Grading ........................ ...........16 <br />XI. Revegetation ............................... ...........16 <br />XII.Post-mining Land Use ........................ ...........17 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values . 17 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............ ...........18 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ......................... ...........18 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .... ........... 18 <br />XVII.Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors (AVF) ..... ........... 18 <br />XVIII.Operations on Prime Farmland ............... ........... 20 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ...................... ...........20 <br />XX. In Situ Processing .......................... ...........20 <br />