REV97244

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/12/2006
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision & Findings of Compliance
• From: DMG
• To: Seneca Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: PR5
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

the predicted hydrologic consequences of mining operations at the Seneca II-W Mine.
(2.07.6(2)(c)).
4. The Division fords that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3,
1977, not within:
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 Park 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 boundaries 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 of the outside right-of-way line of any 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 fmdings 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 correspondence from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the
Division fords that subject to valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining
operation will not adversely affect any publicly owned park 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)). In a letter of November 30, 1999 associated with
review of Permit Revision No. 2, the SHPO noted that the entire proposed permit
boundary had previously been surveyed for cultural resources, and that only two rock art
sites had beeti determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
Subsequent correspondence documented that adequate protections and documentation had
been completed with respect to the eligible sites (both located within or adjacent to the
Seneca II-W Findings Document 21 June l2, 2006
Permit Renewal No. 5