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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ......................................................................................................................2 <br />Proposed Decision ........................................................................................................ ...2 <br />Status of Revisions to the Permit ................................................................................... ...3 <br />Summary ...................................................................................................................... ...3 <br />The Review Process ................................................................................................. ...3 <br />Mine History and the Environment ...............................................................................4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plan ....................................................9 <br />Operation Plan ..........................................................................................................9 <br />Reclamation Plan ...................................................................................................10 <br />Reclamation of the Loadout ....................................................................................... 10 <br />Topsoil ........................................................................................................................ 11 <br />Revegetation .............................................................................................................. 11 <br />Findings of the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety ......................................... 13 <br />Explanation of Findings .............................................................................................. 13 <br />Summary of Stipulations ............................................................................................ 13 <br />Section A Rule 2.07.6(2) ........................................................................................... 13 <br />Section B .................................................................................................................... 16 <br />1. Roads ............................................................................................................... 16 <br />II. Support Facilities ........................................................................................... 17 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ........................................................................................ 17 <br />IV. Topsoil ........................................................................................................... 28 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings .................................... 28 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .......................................................................................... 29 <br />VII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................................ 29 <br />VIII. Backfilling and Grading .............................................................................. 30 <br />IX. Revegetation ................................................................................................. 30 <br />X. Post-Mining Land Use .................................................................................... 32 <br />XI. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values .................... 32 <br />XI 1. Subsidence Control ....................................................................................... 33 <br />XIII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ........................................................... 34 <br />XIV. Operations on Prime Farmland .................................................................. 34 <br />XV. Mountaintop Removal ................................................................................... 35 <br />XVI. Operations on Steep Slopes ...................................................................... 35 <br />Page 1 of 36