2011-01-13_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981038

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 1/13/2011
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings ‎(PR4)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Bowie Resources, LLC
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: JJD
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Proposed Decision .......................................................................................................................... 5
Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 5
The Review Process ................................................................................................................. 5
Description of the Environment ............................................................................................. 10
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................................................ 18
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ....................................................... 20
Section A - Rule 2.07.6 .......................................................................................................... 20
Section B - Rule 4 .................................................................................................................. 22
1. Roads ................................................................................................................ 22
II. Support Facilities .............................................................................................. 24
III. Hydrologic Balance .......................................................................................... 26
IV. Topsoil .............................................................................................................. 31
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...................................... 31
VI. Use of Explosives ............................................................................................. 31
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil .................................................................................. 32
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ................................................................................... 32
IX. Coal Mine Waste .............................................................................................. 33
X. Backfilling and Grading ................................................................................... 33
XI. Revegetation ..................................................................................................... 35
XII. Post-mining Land Use ...................................................................................... 37
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..................... 37
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining .................................................................. 38
XV. Subsidence Control ........................................................................................... 38
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................................................. 41
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .............................................................. 41
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................................................... 44
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ...................................................................................... 44
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes .............................................................................. 44
XXI. In Situ Processing ............................................................................................. 45
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