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Table of Contents <br />Page <br />Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................1 <br />Proposed Decision ........................................................................................................................................2 <br />Summary - Permitting History and Review Process . .................................................................................... 3 <br />Description of the Environment ........................................................................................................... 6 <br />Description of the Operations and Reclamation Plan ........................................................................... 9 <br />Findings of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division ....................................................................14 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 .....................................................................................................................14 <br />Section B - Rule 4 .............................................................................................................................18 <br />I. Roads .............................................................................................................................18 <br />II. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................................................19 <br />III. Topsoil ..........................................................................................................................32 <br />IV. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ................................................... 34 <br />V. Disposal of Debris, Acid-Forming and Toxic-Forming Materials ................................. 35 <br />VI. Coal Mine Waste and Non-Coal Processing Waste .......................................................35 <br />VII. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................................................37 <br />VIII. Permit Incorporating Variances from Approximate Original Contour Restoration <br />Requirements for Steep Slope Mining ..........................................................................39 <br />IX. Revegetation ..................................................................................................................40 <br />X. Alternate Land Uses .....................................................................................................43 <br />XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values .................................. 46 <br />XII. Subsidence Control .......................................................................................................48 <br />XIII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................................................50 <br />Permit Revision No. 4 -i- February 3, 2009