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Findings of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />for the Hayden Gulch Loadout <br />Information Source and Order of Findings <br />These findings are based on information made available to the Division that demonstrates the <br />applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Act. As explained in the <br />preceding section titled Introduction, various state laws require that these findings be made prior <br />to approval of a permit renewal or revision. <br />The findings which are required by Section 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations are listed in this <br />document in the same order as they are listed in that Section. The findings and specific <br />approvals required by Section 2.07.6(2)(m) and Rule 4 are listed in this document in the same <br />order as they are listed in Rule 4, and are organized under subject or discipline subtitles. <br />These findings were reevaluated and updated from the previous findings document to reflect <br />changes which have occurred since the approval of Permit Revision No. 1 (PR1) on November <br />28, 2011. Any stipulations from the original permit and findings document or subsequent <br />revisions that have been totally resolved to the satisfaction of the Division have been removed <br />from this document. <br />Part A - Findings required by Section 2.07.6(2) <br />The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and the <br />Regulations promulgated thereunder have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)). <br />2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information available to <br />the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation can be feasibly <br />accomplished at the Hayden Gulch Loadout (2.07.6(2)(b)). <br />The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts on the hydrologic balance by all <br />anticipated coal mining in the general area, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by the <br />Division. This assessment, titled Yampa River Cumulative Hydrologic Impact Assessment <br />(CHIA), is available for inspection at the Division's Denver office. The Tie - Across Haul <br />Road (TAHR) was approved as part of the Seneca II -W permit through TR -02 (June 23, <br />1989). Eleven revisions of the Yampa River CHIA have occurred since the approval of the <br />TAHR, with May 4, 2010 as the most recent revision. The TAHR was removed from the <br />Seneca II West permit with the approval of PR6 (January 6, 2012), and incorporated into the <br />HGLO permit with the approval of PR1 (November 28, 2011). The Division finds that the <br />operations proposed in the application have been designed to prevent damage to the <br />hydrologic balance outside the permit area. Please refer to Section B. III of the permit for <br />additional discussion of the probable hydrologic consequences of the Hayden Gulch Loadout <br />(2.07.6(2)(c)). <br />Hayden Gulch 17 February 11, 2014 <br />