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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 1 <br />Proposed Decision .......................................................................................................... 2 <br />Stipulations and Revisions .............................................................................................. 2 <br />Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4 <br />The Review Process ....................................................................................................4 <br />Description of the Environment ....................................................................................5 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ...................................................8 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ......................... 11 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 .............................................................................................. 11 <br />Section B - Rule 4 ...................................................................................................... 14 <br />1. Roads ........................................................................................................... 14 <br />II. Support Facilities .......................................................................................... 15 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ...................................................................................... 15 <br />IV. Topsoil .......................................................................................................... 17 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................................... 17 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ........................................................................................ 18 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .............................................................................. 18 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................................................................... 18 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .......................................................................................... 19 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................................ 19 <br />XI. Revegetation ............................................................................................... 20 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use .................................................................................. 21 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ................... 21 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................................... 21 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ..................................................................................... 21 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .............................................. 21 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................................. 22 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ................................................................... 23 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ................................................................................. 23 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ........................................................................ 23 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ....................................................................................... 23