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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining <br />and Safety (the Division) for the Seneca II -W Mine, for Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN -6). This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the renewal application; 2) a summary <br />which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment <br />affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written <br />findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a renewal to a permit to conduct surface coal mining <br />and reclamation operations at the Seneca II -W Mine. The application was submitted by Seneca <br />Property LLC (SP). The mine will be operated by Seneca Property LLC. The mine is located on <br />federal and private lands within Routt County, Colorado. <br />The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: <br />TSN, R88W; All of Section 15; Portions of Sections 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, and <br />35 <br />T6N, R88W; Portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24 <br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 17, 18, 19. <br />Revisions to the Permit <br />The following revisions have been submitted since the last midterm review, dated June 26, 2013, <br />of the Seneca II West permit application package. <br />Minor Revisions <br />MR75: Approved August 7, 2013, MR75 provided and updated remediation plan for the Pit <br />Ramp Slide Area. <br />MR76: Approved December 17, 2013, MR -76 provided additional permanent pond <br />demonstration/approvals for the retention of sediment ponds and stock ponds. <br />MR77: Approved October 15, 2013, MR -77 provided responses to the Midterm No. 6 adequacy <br />comments. MR77 updated some of the wording of the revegetation plan and updated the <br />reclamation cost estimate included in the permit. <br />MR78: Approved January 6, 2014, MR78 provided updates to Tab 3, Attachment 3-5: owner, <br />operator, and director information. <br />MR79: Approved July 23, 2014, MR79 added additional tree species to Table 22-7, Tree and <br />Shrub Planting List, to include species that could be planted as a living snow fence. <br />MR80: Approved December 31, 2014, MR80 provided updates to the adjudication file, and <br />changed the primary contact address. <br />MR81: Withdrawn April 21, 2016. <br />MR82: Approved July 25, 2016, MR82 changed the location of the public copy of the permit and <br />revisions. <br />ii <br />