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predicted hydrologic consequences of mining operations at the Seneca II-W Mine. <br />(2.07.6(2)(c)). <br />4. The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August 3, <br />1977, not within: <br />a) An area designated unsuitable for surface coal mining operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(i)); <br />b) An area under study for designation as unsuitable for surface coal mining <br />operations (2.07.6(2)(d)(ii)); <br />c) The boundazies of the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, <br />the National System of Trails, the National Wilderness Preservation System, the <br />Wild and Scenic Rivers System including rivers under study for designation, and <br />National Recreation Areas (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(A)); <br />d) Three hundred feet of any public building, school, church, community or <br />institutional building, or public park (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(B)); <br />e) One hundred feet of a cemetery (2.07.6(2)(d)(iii)(C)); <br />f) The boundaries of any National Forest unless the required fording of compatibility <br />has been made by the Secretary of the U.S. Deparunent of Agriculture. <br />(2.07.6(2)(d)(i ii) (D)); <br />g) One hundred feet of the outside right-of-way line of any public road except where <br />mine access or haul roads join such line, and excepting any roads for which the <br />necessary approvals have been received, notices published, public heazing <br />opportunities provided, and written findings made (2.07.6(2)(d)(iv)); <br />h) Three hundred feet of an occupied dwelling unless a written waiver from the owner <br />has been provided (2.07.6(2)(d)(v)). <br />5. On the basis of information submitted by the Seneca Coal Company in the form of a letter <br />of approval from the State Historic Preservation Office, the Division fords that subject to <br />valid existing rights as of August 3, 1977, the mining operation will not adversely affect <br />any publicly owned pazk or place listed on or eligible for listing in the National Register <br />of Historic Places as determined by the State Historic Preservation Office (2.07.6(2)(e)(i)). <br />6. For this surface mining operation, private mineral estate has not been severed from private <br />surface estate, therefore, the documentation specified by Rule 2.03.6(2) is not required <br />(2.07.6(2)(f)). <br />Seneca II-W Findings Document j3 November 3, 1999 <br />