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<br />Contents <br />Introduction ............... ...................................................................................................... ............... l <br />Proposed Decision .... ...................................................................................................... ...............2 <br />Summary ................... ...................................................................................................... ...............4 <br />The Review Process ............................................................................................ ...............4 <br />Description of the Environment .......................................................................... ...............4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ......................................... ...............8 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ......................................... ........... ~ 10 <br />Section A ....... ...................................................................................................... .............10 <br />Section B ....... ...................................................................................................... .............14 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ........................................................................ .............14 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ..................................................... .............14 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance -Rule 4.05 .................................................. .............14 <br />IV. Topsoil ........................................................................................ .............19 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................ .............19 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ....................................................................... .............19 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste ......................................................................... .............20 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading .............................................................. .............20 <br />[X. Revegetation ............................................................................... .............21 <br />X. Post-mining Land Use .................................................................. ............22 <br />XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values . ............23 <br />• XII. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................. .............23 <br />XIII. Subsidence Control ...................................................................... ............23 <br />XIV. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .......................................... ............24 <br />XV. Operations on Prime Farmland .................................................... ............26 <br />• <br />u <br />