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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 3 <br />Proposed Decision .......................................................................................................................... 4 <br />Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 5 <br />The Review Process ............................................................................................................ 5 <br />Description of the Environment .......................................................................................... 5 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ..................... 9 <br />.................................... <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ....................................... 11 <br />Stipulations ................................................................................................................................... 11 <br />Section A-Rule 2.07.6 ....................................................................................................... 11 <br />Section B-Rule 4 ............................................................................................................... 19 <br />1. Roads ................................................................................................................... 19 <br />11. Support Facilities ................................................................................................ 20 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ........................................................................................... 20 <br />IV. Topsoil ..............................................................................................................20 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ....................................... 21 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................................. 21 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................................................. 21 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................................. 21 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................................. 21 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ..................................................................................... 21 <br />XI. Revegetation ..................................................................................................... 22 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ..................................................................................... 23 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ................... 23 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................................ 23 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ......................................................................................... 23 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ............................................... 26 <br />XVII. Auger Mining ................................................................................................ 26 <br />XVIII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .......................................................... 26 <br />XIX. Operations on Prime Farmland ...................................................................... 35 <br />XX. Mountaintop Removal ..................................................................................... 36 <br />XXI. Operations on Steep Slopes ........................................................................... 36 <br />XXII. Support Facilities Not Located within the Permit Area ............................... 36 <br />XXIII. In-Situ Processing ........................................................................................ 36 <br />2