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Introduction ..................................................................................................... 1 <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 .......................................... 8 <br />Section A ............................................................................................... 8 <br />Section B ..............................................................................................12 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ............................................................ .....12 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 .............................................. .....12 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 ........................................... .....12 <br />IV. Topsoil ......................................................................... .....17 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................. .....17 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................ .....18 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................. .....18 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading ..................................................... .....19 <br />IX. Revegetation .................................................................. .....19 <br />X. Post-mining Land Use ....................................................... .....20 <br />XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values..... .....21 <br />XII. Protection of Underground Mining ....................................... .....21 <br />XIII. Subsidence Control .......................................................... .....21 <br />XIV. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .................................... .....22 <br />XV. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................ .....24 <br />