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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................1 <br />PROPOSED DECISION ...........................................................................................................1 <br />STATUS OF STIPULATIONS AND REVISIONS TO THE PERMIT .........................................2 <br />SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................3 <br />The Review Process .......................................................................................................3 <br />Description of the Environment ......................................................................................4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .....................................................6 <br />FINDINGS OF THE COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION MINING AND SAFETY ......8 <br />Explanation of Findings ..................................................................................................8 <br />Section A ........................................................................................................................ 9 <br />Section B ......................................................................................................................11 <br />1. Roads - Rule 4.03 ................................................................................... 11 <br />II. Support Facilities - Rule 4.04 .................................................................. 11 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05 ............................................................... 11 <br />IV. Topsoil ...................................................................................................... 12 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ............................... 12 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ..................................................................................... 12 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .......................................................................... 12 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................... 12 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ...................................................................................... 13 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ............................................................................ 13 <br />XI. Revegetation ............................................................................................ 13 <br />XI I. Post-mining Land Use .............................................................................. 14 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values .............. 14 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ............................................................ 15 <br />XV. Subsidence Control .................................................................................. 15 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .......................................... 15 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ......................................................... 15 <br />XVII1. Operations in Prime Farmland ................................................................. 16 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal .............................................................................. 16 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .................................................................... 16 <br />XXI. InSitu Processing ..................................................................................... 16