2012-05-04_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010089 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C2010089
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 5/4/2012
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Fuels Colorado, LLC
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Proposed Decision 2

Summary 3

The Review Process 3
Description of the Environment 4
Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans 16

Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 18

Section A - Rule 2.07.6 18
Section B - Rule 4 21
I. Roads 22
II. Support Facilities 22
III. Hydrologic Balance 34
IV. Topsoil 34
V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings 34
VI. Use of Explosives 34
VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil 34
VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks 35
IX. Coal Mine Waste 35
X. Backfilling and Grading 35
XI. Revegetation 35
XII. Post-mining Land Use 38
XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values 39
XIV. Protection of Underground Mining 40
XV. Subsidence Control 40
XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining 40
XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors 40
XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland 41
XIX. Mountaintop Removal 41
XX. Operations on Steep Slopes 41
XXI. In Situ Processing 41

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