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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />1 <br />Introduction 1 <br />Proposed Decision 2 <br />Acronyms 2 <br />Summary 2 <br />The Review Process 3 <br />Permit History 3 <br />Permit C -1984 -065 3 <br />Operation Plan <br />Reclamation Plan 3 3 <br />Permit Revisions 4 4 <br />Stipulations to the Permit 4 <br />Description of the Environment 4 <br />Geology 5 <br />Surface Water 6 <br />Groundwater 6 <br />Climatology <br />Soils 6 7 <br />Vegetation 7 <br />Wildlife 7 <br />Land Use 8 <br />Findings 8 <br />Explanation of Findings 8 <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 18 <br />Section B - Rule 4 10 <br />I Roads - Rule 4.03 10 <br />II. Support Facilities - Rule 4.04 11 <br />III. Hydrologic Balance - Rule 4.05 11 <br />IV. Topsoil 14 <br />V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings 15 <br />VI. Use of Explosives 15 <br />VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil 15 <br />VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks <br />IX. Coal Mine Waste 16 <br />X. Backfilling and Grading 16 <br />XI. Revegetation 16 1 6 <br />XII. Post - mining Land Use <br />XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values 18 <br />XIV. Protection of Underground Mining 18 <br />XV. Subsidence Control 18 <br />XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining 18 <br />XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors 18 <br />XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland 21 <br />XIX. Mountaintop Removal 21 <br />XX. Operations on Steep Slopes 21 <br />XXI. In Situ Processing <br />Coal Ridge No. 1 Mine 31 October 2011 <br />Permit Renewal 6 1 <br />