PERMFILE113437

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/11/2001
• Section_Exhibit Name: EXHIBIT 14 PROPOSED DECISION AND FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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:• Table of Contents
l -~ Page
Introduction ........................................................ 1
•Proposed Decision ..... :............................................ 2
List of Stipulations ............................................. 2
Summary - The Review Process,
Description of the Environment and ............................... 5
Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ............... 5
Findings of the Colorado Mined Land
Reclamation Division ............................................. 8
I. Legal. Financial and Compliance Information ............ 8
II. Land Use ............................................... 9
III. Cultural and Historic Resources ........................ 9
IY. Geology ................................................ 10
V. Hydrologic Balance:
A. Ground Water ....................................... 10
• B. Surface Water ...................................... 10
YI. Water Rights and Replacement ........................... 11
VII. Alluvial Valley Floors ................................. 12
VIII. Probable Hydrologic Consequences of Mining
and Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Study ................. 14
IX. Climatological Information and Air Resources ........... 26
X. Soils .................................................. 27
XI. Vegetation ............................................. 28
XII. Fish and Wildlife ...................................... 29
XIII. Prime Farmland ......................................... 29
X1V. Operations Description. Mine Facilities, Coal Handling
Structures, Coal Processing Waste and Support Facilities 29
XY. Roads .................................................. 30