GENERAL50677

• Permit No: C1996083
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/24/1997
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction ...................................................... 1
Proposed Decision .................................................. 2
Summary ........................................................ 3
The Review Process .............................................. 3
Description of the Environment ...................................... 3
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ....................... 9
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ................... .
Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ......................................... .
Section B -Rule 4 ............................................. .
I. Roads .............................................
II. Support Facilities ..................................... .
III. Hydrologic Balance .................................... .
IV. Topsoil .............................................
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ............. .
VI. Use of Explosives ..................................... .
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................ .
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................ .
L`C. Coal Mine Waste ..................................... .
X. Backfilling and Grading ................................. .
XI. Revegetation ..........................................
XII. Post-mining Land Use .................................. .
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..... .
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ......................... .
XV. Subsidence Control .................................... .
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................. .
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................ .
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................ .
XD~. Mountaintop Removal .................................. .
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .............................. .
XXI. In Situ Processing ..................................... .
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