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Table of Contents <br />Page <br />Introduction ................ . <br />Proposed Decision ................ I <br />........................................................ . <br />Summary <br />History of the Review Process . ....................................................... 1 <br />Description of the Environment ................................................................3 <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan .......................................6 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ........................... 8 <br />Section A - Findings Required by Rule 2.07.6 ........................................ 8 <br />Section B - Rule 4 .................................................................... . 10 <br />1. Roads ... 10 <br />II. Support Facilities. ............................................................1 I <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ......................................................11 <br />IV. Topsoil .....................................................................15 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ......................15 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .......................................................15 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ........................................................ <br />15 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ..................................................16 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .........................................................1 <br />6 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ....................................................16 <br />XI. Revegetation ...............................................................16 <br />XII. Post-Mining Land Use ...................................................17 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .........17 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .......................................... 17 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ............... ........................................ 17 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .......................... 17 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ..................................... 17 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ....................... 20 <br /> ..................... <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........ ............................................ 20 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes... 20 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ....................................................... 20