2012-01-23_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010088 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C2010088
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 1/23/2012
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings
• From: DRMS
• To: CAM-Colorado, LLC
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................ ..............................1
ProposedDecision .................................................................................................. ..............................2
Summary................................................................................................................ ..............................3
TheReview Process ........................................................................................ ..............................3
Descriptionof the Environment .................................................................... ..............................9
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans ............................... .............................16
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ........................... .............................20
SectionA - Rule 2.07.6 .................................................................................. .............................20
SectionB - Rule 4 ........................................................................................... .............................23
I. Roads ........................................................................................ .............................23
II. Support Facilities .................................................................... .............................23
III. Hydrologic Balance ................................................................ .............................23
IV. Topsoil ...................................................................................... .............................28
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........ .............................29
VI. Use of Explosives ..................................................................... .............................29
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil ......................................................... .............................29
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks ......................................................... .............................29
IX. Coal Mine Waste .................................................................... .............................29
X. Backfilling and Grading ........................................................ .............................29
XII. Post - mining Land Use ............................................................ .............................31
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ...................31
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining ...................................... .............................31
XV. Subsidence Control ................................................................. .............................31
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining .................. .............................31
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ................................... .............................32
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland ............................................ .............................32
XIX. Mountaintop Removal ........................................................... .............................32
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes ................................................... .............................32
XXI. In Situ Processing ................................................................... .............................32