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Table of Contents <br />Introduction..................................................................................................... ............................... 1 <br />ProposedDecision .......................................................................................... ............................... 2 <br />Summary......................................................................................................... ............................... 3 <br />TheReview Process ................................................................................. ............................... <br />3 <br />Description of the Environment ............................................................... ............................... <br />3 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .............................. ............................... <br />9 <br />Findings of the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ...... ............................... <br />10 <br />SectionA <br />- Rule 2. 07. 6 .......................................................................... ............................... <br />10 <br />SectionB - <br />Rule 4 .................................................................................. ............................... <br />14 <br />I. <br />Roads ................................................................................ ............................... <br />14 <br />II. <br />Support Facilities .............................................................. ............................... <br />14 <br />III. <br />Hydrologic Balance .......................................................... ............................... <br />15 <br />IV. <br />Topsoil ................................................................................ .............................19 <br />V. <br />Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ...... ............................... <br />20 <br />VI. <br />Use of Explosives ............................................................. ............................... <br />20 <br />VII. <br />Disposal of Excess Spoil ................................................... ............................... <br />20 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks .................................................... ............................... <br />20 <br />IX. <br />Coal Mine Waste ............................................................... ............................... <br />21 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading .................................................... ............................... <br />21 <br />XI. <br />Revegetation ..................................................................... ............................... <br />22 <br />XII. <br />Post - mining Land Use ....................................................... ............................... <br />23 <br />XIII. <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ..................... <br />24 <br />XIV. <br />Protection of Underground Mining ................................... ............................... <br />24 <br />XV. <br />Subsidence Control ........................................................... ............................... <br />24 <br />XVI. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ................. ............................... <br />25 <br />XVII. <br />Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors ............................... ............................... <br />25 <br />XVIII. <br />Operations on Prime Farmland ......................................... ............................... <br />27 <br />XIX. <br />Mountaintop Removal ...................................................... ............................... <br />27 <br />XX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes .............................................. ............................... <br />27 <br />XXI. <br />In Situ Processing ............................................................. ............................... <br />27 <br />