2012-12-20_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981038

• Permit No: C1981038
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/20/2012
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance ‎(RN6)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Bowie Resources, LLC
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: SLB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................. ............................... 3
ProposedDecision ................................................................................................... ..............................4
TheReview Process ......................................................................................... ..............................4
Description of the Environment ....................................................................... ..............................6
Findings of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ................................ .............................15
SectionA
- Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................................... .............................15
SectionB -
Rule 4 ............................................................................................ .............................18
I.
Roads ........................................................................................ .............................18
II.
Support Facilities ...................................................................... .............................20
III.
Hydrologic Balance .................................................................. .............................21
IV.
Topsoil ...................................................................................... .............................26
V.
Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ............. .............................27
VI.
Use of Explosives ..................................................................... .............................27
VII.
Disposal of Excess Spoil .......................................................... .............................27
VIII.
Coal Mine Waste Banks ........................................................... .............................27
IX.
Coal Mine Waste ...................................................................... .............................29
X.
Backfilling and Grading ........................................................... .............................29
XI.
Revegetation ............................................................................. .............................30
XII.
Post - mining Land Use .............................................................. .............................32
XIII.
Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..........................32
XIV.
Protection of Underground Mining .......................................... .............................34
XV.
Subsidence Control ................................................................... .............................34
XVL
Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ......................... .............................37
XVII.
Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ...................................... .............................37
XVIII.
Operations on Prime Farmland ................................................. .............................40
XIX.
Mountaintop Removal .............................................................. .............................40
XX.
Operations on Steep Slopes ...................................................... .............................40
XXI.
In Situ Processing ..................................................................... .............................41