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Table of Contents <br />Introduction.............................................................................................. ............................... 1 <br />ProposedDecision ..................................................................................... ............................... 2 <br />Summary................................................................................................... ............................... 4 <br />TheReview Process ....................................................................... ............................... 4 <br />Description of the Environment ................................................... ............................... 11 <br />Description of the Operation and Reclamation Plans .................... ............................... 16 <br />Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ..... ............................... 19 <br />SectionA - Rule 2.07.6 ................................................................ ............................... <br />19 <br />SectionB - Rule 4 ........................................................................ ............................... <br />23 <br />I. <br />Roads ..................................................................... .............................23 <br />II. <br />Support Facilities .................................................. ............................... <br />24 <br />III. <br />Hydrologic Balance .............................................. ............................... <br />25 <br />IV. <br />Topsoil ................................................................... .............................27 <br />V. <br />Sealing of Drilled Holes and Underground Openings ........................... <br />28 <br />VI. <br />Use of Explosives ................................................. ............................... <br />28 <br />VII. <br />Disposal of Excess Spoil ....................................... ............................... <br />29 <br />VIII. <br />Coal Mine Waste Banks ....................................... ............................... <br />29 <br />IX. <br />Coal Mine Waste .................................................. ............................... <br />29 <br />X. <br />Backfilling and Grading ........................................ ............................... <br />29 <br />XI. <br />Revegetation ......................................................... ............................... <br />29 <br />XII. <br />Post - mining Land Use .......................................... ............................... <br />30 <br />XIIL <br />Protection of Fish, Wildlife and Related Environmental Values ........... <br />30 <br />XIV. <br />Protection of Underground Mining ....................... ............................... <br />31 <br />XV. <br />Subsidence Control ............................................... ............................... <br />31 <br />XVI. <br />Concurrent Surface and Underground Mining ....... ............................... <br />31 <br />XVII. <br />Operations on Alluvial Valley Floors .................... ............................... <br />31 <br />XVIII. <br />Operations on Prime Farmland ............................. ............................... <br />32 <br />XIX. <br />Mountaintop Removal .......................................... ............................... <br />32 <br />XX. <br />Operations on Steep Slopes .................................. ............................... <br />32 <br />XXI. <br />In Situ Processing ................................................. ............................... <br />32 <br />