2005-04-08_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 4/8/2005
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance for PR11
• From: West Flatiron Lease
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................3
Proposed Decision .........................................................................................................................3
Summary ........................................................................................................................................4
The Review Process .........................................................................................................21
Description of the Environment .......................................................................................24
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ......................................................33
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ......................................................37
Section A ..........................................................................................................................37
Section B ..........................................................................................................................40
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Roads .................................................................................................. ...40
Support Facilities ............................................................................... ...42
Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................ ...42
Topsoil ............................................................................................... ...59
Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ....................... ...60
Use of Explosives .............................................................................. ...60
Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................... ...60
Coal Mine Waste Banks ..................................................................... ...60
Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................ ...63
Backfilling and Grading ..................................................................... ...63
Revegetation ...................................................................................... ...64
Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................ ...65
Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values....... ...66
Protection of Underground Mining .................................................... ...66
Subsidence Control ............................................................................ ...66
Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................... ...67
Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................ ...67
Operations on Prime Farmland .......................................................... ...74
Mountaintop Removal ....................................................................... ...74
Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................... ...75
In Situ Processing ............................................................................... ...75
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