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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ........................................................................................................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision ...........................................................................................................................1 <br />Stipulations ........................................................................................................................................2 <br />Summary .............................................................................................................................................3 <br /> 3 <br />The Review Process .............................................................. ................................................... <br />Description of the Environment ......................................... ...................................................6 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................................................10 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ............................................12 <br />Section A -Rule 2.07.6 ...........................................................................................................12 <br />Section B -Rule 4 ....................................................................................................................15 <br />I. Roads ...................................................................................................................15 <br />II ilities <br />t F <br />S 16 <br />. .............................................................................................. <br />ac <br />uppor <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................................... 16 <br />IV. Topsoil ................................................................................................................. 20 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................... 20 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................................. 20 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ............................................................................... 21 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................................. 21 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................................... 21 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................................. 21 <br />XI. Revegetation ...................................................................................................... 21 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................................... 23 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ........ 23 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................................. 23 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .........................................................................................23 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ........................................24 <br />XVI1. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ..........................................................24 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................................................................25 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal .....................................................................................25 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .........................................................................25 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................................25 <br />2 <br />