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Table of Contents <br />Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1 <br />Proposed Decision ...................................................................................................................................... 3 <br />Summary ....................................................................................................................................................5 <br />The Review Process ...................................................................................................................... 5 <br />Description of the Environment ..................................................................................................14 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ................................................................. 20 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology .................................................................. 23 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 ............................................................................................................... 23 <br />Section B - Rule 4 ....................................................................................................................... 27 <br />1. Roads ................................................................................................................. 27 <br />II. Support Facilities .............................................................................................. 29 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance ........................................................................................... 29 <br />IV. Topsoil .............................................................................................................. 32 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ....................................... 33 <br />VI. Use of Explosives .............................................................................................. 33 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................................................... 33 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................................................... 33 <br />DC. Coal Mine Waste ............................................................................................... 34 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading .................................................................................... 34 <br />XI. Revegetation ...................................................................................................... 34 <br />XII. Post-mining Land Use ....................................................................................... 35 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ...................... 35 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ................................................................... 35 <br />XV. Subsidence Control ........................................................................................... 36 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................................................. 36 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................................................... 36 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................................................... 37 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal ....................................................................................... 37 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ............................................................................... 37 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing .............................................................................................. 37 <br />1