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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ......................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision .................................................. 5 <br />Summary ........................................................7 <br />The Review Process .............................................. 7 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................... 10 <br />Descr~tion of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ....................... 19 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ..................... 21 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ........................................... 21 <br />Section B -Rule 4 .............................................. 2 5 <br />I. Roads .................................................................................................. <br />II. Support Facilities ................................................................................ <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ............................................................................ <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................ <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................ <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................... <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................... <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ..................................................................... <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ................................................................................ <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ..................................................................... <br />XI. Revegetation ....................................................................................... <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ........................................................................ <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ....... <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .................................................... <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............................................................................. <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................... <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................................. <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ........................................................... <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................................ <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................ <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................... <br />............25 <br />............27 <br />............29 <br />............35 <br />............35 <br />............35 <br />............35 <br />............36 <br />............37 <br />............37 <br />............39 <br />............41 <br />............42 <br />............43 <br />............43 <br />............46 <br />............46 <br />............50 <br />............50 <br />............51 <br />............51 <br />i <br />