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a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(I)); b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); c) The boundaries of the National Pazk System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the Wild and Scenic Rivers System including rivers under study for designation, and National Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or institutional building, or public park (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); f) The boundazies of any National Forest unless the required finding of compatibility has been made by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(D)); g) One hundred feet ofthe outside right-of--way line ofany public road except where mine access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public hearing opportunities provided, and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)); h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). 5. On the basis of information submitted by Seneca Coal Company in the form of survey reports and a letter from the Colorado Historical Society, the Division finds that subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned pazk or place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(I)). The Division found, in 1981, all necessary notices and approvals were received in order to allow the permittee to adversely affect a place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office. The place affected was Site SRT139, located in S '/~ NE 1/4 Section 1 1, Township 5 North, Range 87 West. Approval to affect it was received from the Division and the State Historic Preservation Officer. A mitigation plan for the site included supervision by a qualified archaeologist during topsoil removal, as well as documentation and recovery of all artifacts unearthed during topsoil stripping. Details of the initial survey and mitigation plans are located in Volume 2, Tab 5, of the permit application (2.07.6(2)(e)(ii)). A stipulation (No. 3) was placed on the 1987 permit to address the possibility of