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the south pit is owned by the Hayden Public Library and leased to Seneca Coal Company. Surface ownership includes federal lands managed by the BLM, a variety of private leases, subleases and easements. The tie-across haul road which connects Routt County Road 53 with the Hayden Power Plant, also includes some lands owned by the State of Colorado. The total area permitted area, including the extension area and the tie-across haul road, is approximately 4,093 acres. The maximum proposed disturbed area is 1430.5 acres. The disturbed area includes the mine pit area, surface support facilities, haul roads and drainage control facilities. The current life of mine projection is that operations will continue in the south block through 2000 until the recovery line is reached at which time mining will then progress into the southern extension azea. Completion of all mining is projected to be in 2003. Over the life of the mine, total production of 10,852,800 tons of coal is projected. Annual production has and will range from approximately 376,700 tons to 990,300 tons. Topsoil is removed and stockpiled or, when possible, live-handled. Following topsoil removal the overburden is blasted. Using the dragline, initial box cut spoil is placed onto previously stripped but unmined ground creating a temporary overburden stockpile with each successive cut going into the previous pit after coal has been removed. The resulting spoils aze graded to approximate original contour, topsoiled and seeded. Raw coal is loaded onto haul trucks in each pit. The trucks will travel along the permitted haul road to County Road 53. The trucks continue on County Road 53 to the tie-across haul road which provides duect access to the Public Service of Colorado generating station at Hayden, Colorado. Coal may also be trucked to the Hayden-Gulch Loadout which is next to the Tie-Across Haul Road. All disturbed azea runoff is controlled, treated and conveyed throughout the site to ensure compliance with applicable laws. Sediment pond 006 provides sediment control for disturbance within the south portion of the permit area. Ponds 005 and 009 treat runoff primazily in the northern portion of the permit area. Sediment ponds 015, 016 and 017 will treat the runoff from the southern extension area. No crushing, screening or washing of coal is proposed. Since no coal processing is planned, the operation will not produce coal mine waste. Non-coal waste will be disposed of offsite at an approved dump site. Upon cessation of mining activities the following will occur; surface facilities will be removed, all surface disturbances including variance aeeas will be regraded to approximate original contour, topsoil will be redistributed over the area and the area will be revegetated. Reclamation success will be determined by statistically comparing the reclaimed areas to approved reference aeeas. Due to the nature of the mining plan, the application contains a request for a variance from the contemporaneous reclamation requirements of Rule 4.14. This request is discussed fuither in Section VII of this document. Seneca 11-W Findings Document 1Q November 3, 1999