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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />INTRODUCTION <br />PROPOSED DECISION <br /> <br />SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................... 2 <br />History of the Review Process .......................................................................................................... 2 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................................ 5 <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ...................................................................... 6 <br />FINDINGS OF THE COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY ................ ................ 8 <br />SECTI ON A -Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................................ ................ 8 <br />SECTI ON B ...................................................................................................................... .............. 11 <br />I. Roads -Rule 4.03 ................................................................................................ .............. l 1 <br />II. Support Facilities -Rule 4.04 ............................................................................... ............... 11 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................................. ................1 l <br />IV. Topsoil .................................................................................................................. ................11 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ......................................... ............... t l <br />VI. Use of Explosives ................................................................................................. ................12 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ...................................................................................... ................12 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ....................................................................................... ................12 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .................................................................................................. ................12 <br />X. BackfillingandGrading ....................................................................................... ...............12 <br />XI. Revegetation ......................................................................................................... ............... 12 <br />XII. Post-miningLandUse .......................................................................................... ................14 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values ....................... ............... 14 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ...................................................................... ................14 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................................... ................14 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................................................... ................14 <br />XV[I. Operationson Alluvial Valley Floors .................................................................. ................15 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................................ ............... l5 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal .......................................................................................... ................15 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .................................................................................. ................15 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ................................................................................................. ................15 <br />