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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />Page <br />Introduction <br />Proposed Decision <br />List of Stipulations <br />Summary - The Review Process, 5 <br />Description of the Environment and Description of the <br />Operations and Reclamation Plan 5 <br />Findings of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division 12 <br />Explanation of Findings 12 <br />I. Legal, Financial and Compliance Information 12 <br />II. Land Use 13 <br />III. Cultural and Historic Resources 14 <br />IV. Climatological Information and Air Resources 14 <br />V. Geology 15 <br />VI. Hydrologic Balance 15 <br />VII. Alluvial Valley Floors 15 <br />VIII. Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Study and Probable <br /> Hydrologic Consequences _ 19 <br />IX. Stream Buffer Zones 49 <br />X. Soils 49 <br />XI. Vegetation 50 <br />XII. Fish and Wildlife 52 <br />XIII. Prime Farmland 53 <br />XIY. Operations Description 54 <br />XV. Explosives 55 <br />XVI. Mine Facilities, Coal Handling Structures, Roads, <br /> Ponds, Impoundments and Divisions 56 <br />XVII. Backfilling and Grading 58 <br />XVIII. Coal Processing Waste and Non-Coal Processing Waste 59 <br />XIX. Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations 60-~ <br />XX. Bonding 61 <br />XXI. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings 61 <br />XXII. Subsidence 62 <br />XXIII. Special Categories of Mining 66 <br />XXIY. Miscellaneous Compliance 67 <br />XXV. Operations on Lands Subject to Limitations or <br /> Prohibitions 67 <br />XXVI. Demonstration that Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation <br /> Operations can be Feasibly Accomplished 68 <br />XXV II. Compatibility with Anticipated Adjacent Operations 68 <br />XXVIII. Reclamation Fees Required by 30CFR, Chapter VII, 68 <br /> Subchapter P. <br />