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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................2 <br />Pronosed Decision .......................................................................................................................... 1 <br />Summary <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................ 10 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ....................................................... 14 <br />SECTION A ...................................................................................................................... 14 <br />SECTION B ...................................................................................................................... 18 <br />1. Roads - Rule 4.03 ...................................................................................... 18 <br />II. Support Facilities- Rule 4.04 .................................................................... 21 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance- Rule 4.05 ................................................................. 21 <br />A. Water Quality Standards and Effluent Limitations ........................21 <br />B. Diversions and Conveyance of Overland Flow .............................23 <br />C. Sedimentation Ponds ......................................................................23 <br />D. Surface and Ground Water Monitoring .........................................23 <br />E. Water Rights and Replacement ......................................................26 <br />F. Probably Hydrologic Consequences ..............................................27 <br />IV. Topsoil ......................................................................................................29 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .............................. 31 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ..................................................................................... 31 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ............................................................................ 31 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading ............................................................................ 33 <br />IX. Revegetation ............................................................................................. 34 <br />X. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .............. 36 <br />XI. Subsidence ................................................................................................ 38 <br />XII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ....................................................... 38 <br />XIII. Operations on Steep Slopes ...................................................................... 44 <br />XIV. Climatological Information and Air Resources ........................................ 45 <br />Introduction