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Table of Contents <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Introduction 1 <br /> <br />Proposed Decision 2 <br /> <br />Summary 3 <br /> <br />The Review Process 3 <br />Description of the Environment 4 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans 16 <br /> <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 18 <br /> <br />Section A - Rule 2.07.6 18 <br />Section B - Rule 4 21 <br /> I. Roads 22 <br /> II. Support Facilities 22 <br /> III. Hydrologic Balance 34 <br /> IV. Topsoil 34 <br /> V. Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings 34 <br /> VI. Use of Explosives 34 <br /> VII. Disposal of Excess Spoil 34 <br /> VIII. Coal Mine Waste Banks 35 <br /> IX. Coal Mine Waste 35 <br /> X. Backfilling and Grading 35 <br /> XI. Revegetation 35 <br /> XII. Post-mining Land Use 38 <br /> XIII. Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values 39 <br /> XIV. Protection of Underground Mining 40 <br /> XV. Subsidence Control 40 <br /> XVI. Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining 40 <br /> XVII. Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors 40 <br /> XVIII. Operations on Prime Farmland 41 <br /> XIX. Mountaintop Removal 41 <br /> XX. Operations on Steep Slopes 41 <br /> XXI. In Situ Processing 41 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />