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Introduction This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division fthe Division) for the Somerset Mine (Permit C-81-0221. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 21 a summary which includes a history of the review of the permit revision application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 31 the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. The Division has received an application for a permit revision to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Somerset Mine. The application was submitted by and the mine will be operated by the Somerset Mining Company. The mine is located on federal and private lands within Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM Sec. 31: Lot 12, 13, 14 Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM Sec. 5: Lot 8 Sec. 6: N/2, N/2SW/4, SW/4SW/4, NW/4SE/4 Sec. 7: All except NW/4SE/4 Sec. 8: All except E/2NE/4, NE/4NW/4 Sec. 9: S/2SW/4 Sec. 17: NE/4NW/4, NW/4NE/4 Township 12 South, Range 91 West, bth PM Sec. 34: Lot 15, 16 Sec. 35: Lot 7, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22 Sec. 36: Lot 5, 6, 7, 8. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM Sec. 1: All Sec. 2: All except S/2SW/4 Sec. 3: NE/4, Lot 3, N/2SE/4 Sec, 11: E/2NE/4 Sec. 12: All except W/2SE/4, NE/45W/4 Sec. 13: N/2NE/4, NE/4NW/4 The Somerset Mine permit area contains 2775 acres of land of which 815 acres are on private land owned by the Operator and 1960 acres are on Federal land.