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<br />Table of Contents <br />Introduction 1 <br />Proposed Decision 2 <br />Summary 4 <br />The Review Process 4 <br />Description of the Environment 5 <br />Descrintion of the Operation and Reclamation Plans 8 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology l0 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 l0 <br />Section B -Rule 4 13 <br />I. Roads 13 <br />II. Support Facilities 15 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance 16 <br />IV. Topsoil 17 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings 18 <br />VI. Use of Explosives 18 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil 19 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks 19 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste 20 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading 20 <br />Xl. Revegetation 21 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use 22 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values 22 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining 22 <br />XV. Subsidence Control 22 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining 23 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors 23 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland 24 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal 24 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes 25 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing 25 <br />i <br />