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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................3 <br />Proposed Decision ............................................................................................................................ ..4 <br />Status of Revisions to the Permit ................................................................................................... ..4 <br />Summary ............................................................................................................................................. ..5 <br />The Review Process .................................................................................................................. ..5 <br />Mine History and the Environment ......................................................................................... ..5 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ......................................................9 <br />Explanation of Findings ..............................................................................................................9 <br />Summary of Stipulations ............................................................................................................9 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ..............................................................................................................9 <br />Section B - Rule 4 .................................................................................................................... 12 <br />1. Roads ...................................................................................................... 12 <br />II. Support Facilities ..................................................................................... 12 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ................................................................................. 12 <br />IV. Topsoil ...................................................................................................... 14 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings.... .......................... 14 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ..................................................................................... 14 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .......................................................................... 14 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................................... 14 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste ...................................................................................... 14 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................................... 14 <br />XI. Revegetation ........................................................................................... 14 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ............................................................................. 15 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ............. 16 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .......................................................... 16 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ................................................................................. 16 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ........................................ 16 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ....................................................... 16 <br />XVI II. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................................... 17 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ............................................................................. 17 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................................... 17 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ................................................................................... 17 <br />2