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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................... <br />Proposed Decision <br />Summary ......................... <br />The Review Process .................................................. <br />Description of the Environment ................................ <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />..................................... 3 <br />................................ 5 <br />............ 5 <br />..........11 <br />..........17 <br />......... 20 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ........................................................................................... ........ 20 <br />Section B -Ru le 4 ................................................................................................... ........25 <br />I. Roads ............................................................................................... ........25 <br />II. Support Facilities ............................................................................ ........27 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ........................................................................ ........27 <br />IV. Topsoil ............................................................................................ ........30 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................... ........ 31 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ........................................................................... ........ 31 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................................. ........ 32 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................. ........ 32 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................. ........ 32 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................. ........ 32 <br />XI. Revegetation ................................................................................... ........32 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................... ........ 34 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .... ........ 34 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................. ........ 34 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ......................................................................... ........ 34 <br />XVI. Concun•ent Surface and Underground Mining ............................... ........ 35 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................. ........ 35 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................... ........ 35 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal .................................................................... ........ 35 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................ ........ 35 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ........................................................................... ........ 36 <br />