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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />INTRODUCTION 1 <br />PROPOSED DECISION 1 <br />STIPULATIONS TO THE PERMIT 2 <br />SUMMARY 3 <br />The Review Process 3 <br />Description of the Environment 4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans 6 <br />FINDINGS OF THE COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION MINING AND SAFETY 8 <br />Explanation of Findings 8 <br />Section A 9 <br />Section B 11 <br />I. Roads — Rule 4.03 11 <br />II. Support Facilities — Rule 4.04 11 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance — Rule 4.05 11 <br />IV. Topsoil 12 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings 12 <br />VI. Use of Explosives 12 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil 12 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks 12 <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste 13 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading 13 <br />XI. Revegetation 13 <br />XII. Post - mining Land Use 14 <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife, and Related Environmental Values 14 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining 15 <br />XV. Subsidence Control 15 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining 15 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors 15 <br />XVIII. Operations in Prime Farmland 16 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal 16 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes 16 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing 16 <br />