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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ........ Page <br />........................................................ <br />............... <br />Proposed Decision .................................................................... 1 <br />Summary 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 .. . <br />10 <br />II. Support Facilities. ............................................................ 11 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .. ....................... 11 <br /> ......... .................. <br />IV To <br />soil <br />. p <br />..................................................................... 15 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...................... 15 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .................................. 15 <br /> ..................... <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ......................... 15 <br /> ............................... <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks 1 <br /> .................................................. 6 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .........................................................16 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ....................................................16 <br />XI. Revegetation ...............................................................1 <br />6 <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 />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........ ............................................20 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ... .........................................20 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .......................................................20