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Table of Contents <br />f ntroduction ...................................................................................................................... ............... 3 <br />Proposed Decision ........................................................................................................... ............... 4 <br />Summary .......................................................................................................................... ............... 5 <br />The Review Process ............................................................................................. ............... ~ <br />Description of the Envirotunent ........................................................................... ............... 5 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .......................................... ............... 8 <br />Findings of The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ........................................ ............. 12 <br />Stipulations ...................................................................................................................... ............. 12 <br />Section A-Rule 2.07.6 .......................................................................................... ............. 13 <br />Section B-Rule 4 .................................................................................................. ............. 19 <br />I. Roads ...................................................................................................... ............. 20 <br />II. Support Facilities .................................................................................... ............. 20 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ................................................................................ ............. 21 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................... .............22 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................... ............. 22 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................................................................. ............. 22 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ..................................................:.................... ............. 23 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................ ............. 23 <br />D{. Coal Mine Waste .................................................................................. ............. 23 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................ ............. 23 <br />XI. Revegetation ......................................................................................... ............. 23 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ......................................................................... .............. 24 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ......... ............. 25 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ..................................................... .............. 25 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................. .............. 2~ <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................... .............. 26 <br />XVII. Auger Mining ..................................................................................... .............. 26 <br />XVIII.Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................ .............. 27 <br />XFX. Operations on Prime Farmland .....................................................:..... .............. 36 <br />XX. Mountaintop Removal ......................................................................... .............. 37 <br />XXI. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................ .............. 37 <br />XXII. Support Facilities Not Located within the Permit Area ..................... .............. 37 <br />XXIII.In-Situ Processing .............................................................................. .............. 37 <br />C: W H B\C82056\RN03\RN03FI N D.doc <br />2 <br />