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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 <br />PROPOSED DECISION .......................................................................................................... 1 <br />STATUS OF STIPULATIONS AND REVISIONS TO THE PERMIT ........................................ 2 <br />SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... 4 <br />The Review Process ......................................................................................................4 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................... 5 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................... 6 <br />FINDINGS OF THE COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY .......................9 <br />Explanation of Findings .................................................................................................9 <br />Section A ........................................................................................................................9 <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 .............................................................................................. .......13 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ....................... ....... 13 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................. ........13 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................. .......13 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................... ....... 13 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................. ....... 14 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................... ....... 14 <br />XI. Revegetation ..................................................................................... ...... 14 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ....................................................................... ...... 15 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values ....... ...... 15 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ..................................................... ......15 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ........................................................................... ...... 16 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................... ...... 16 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .................................................. ...... 16 <br />XVIII. Operations in Prime Farmland .......................................................... ...... 17 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ....................................................................... ...... 17 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................. ...... 17 <br />XXI. InSitu Processing .............................................................................. ...... 17 <br />