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Table of Contents <br />Introduction .................... ................................. 1 <br />Proposed Decision ................................................... 5 <br />Summarv ........................................................6 <br />The Review Process ............................................... 6 <br />Description of the Environment ...................................... 10 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ........................ 17 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ...................... 20 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ............................................ 20 <br />Section B - Rule 4 ............................................... 23 <br />1. Roads ................................................................................................................ 23 <br />II. Support Facilities .......................................................................................... 25 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................................... 26 <br />IV. Topsoil .............................................................................................................. 31 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...................................... 32 <br />VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................................ 32 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................................. 32 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .........:......................................................................... 32 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................................. 34 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................................... 34 <br />XI. Revegetation ..................................................................................................... 35 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use .................................................:.................................... 37 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..................... 37 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .................................................................. 38 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ........................................................................................... 39 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................................. 41 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................................... 41 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................................................... 44 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ...................................................................................... 45 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .............................................................................. 45 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................................. 45 <br />1