GENERAL34738

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 11/3/1999
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR PR2
• Permit Index Doc Type: FINDINGS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and
Geology (the Division) for the Seneca II-W Mine. This document includes: 1) the proposed
decision to approve with stipulations the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes
a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the
operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) 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 Permit Revision 2 for surface coal mining and
reclamation operations in the South Expansion Area at the Seneca II-W Mine. The application was
submitted by Seneca Coal Company (SCC), the current operator and permittee. The mine is
located on federal, state and private lands within Routt Counry, Colorado. The legal description
of the lands included within the permit area is:
Townshi p 5 North, Range 88 West, 6th P.M. -Mine Area
Section 9: Portions of E'/z E'/z and W'/z NE'/a
Section 10: S'/z S'/z NW'/a, SW'/a, SE'/a, Portions of S'/z NE'/a
Section 11: Portions of S'/z S'/z SW'/a
Section 14: Portions of SW'/a, NW'/a and S'/z S'/z SE'/a
Section 15: All
Section 16: Portions of W'/z NW'/a, SE'/a NW'/a, NE'/a SW'/a and SE'/a
Section 21: Portions of E'/z NE'/a
Section 22: NW'/a, NE'/a, N'/z SE'/a, Portions of N'/z SW'/a and SW'/a SE'/a
Section 23: NW'/a, SW'/a, W'/z E'/z, W'/z E'/z E'/z
Township 5 North, Range 88 West, 6th P.M. - II-W South Expansion Area
Section 26: W'/z, W'/zE '/z, and portions of W'/z E'/zNE'/a and W'/z E'/zSE'/a
Section 27: E'h
Section 34: NE'/a, N'/zSE'/a, and portions of N'/zS'/zSE'/a
Section 35: NW'/a, W'/zNE'/a, N'fzSW'/< and portions of N'/z S'/zSW'/a, NW'/aSE'/a,
NW'/aSW'/aSE'/a, NW'/a NE'/aSE'/a, and W'/zE'fzNE'/a
Township 6 North, Range 88 West, 6th P.M.-Tie Across Haul Road
Section 14: Portions of SE'/a, SW'/a
Section 23: Portions of N'!z
Section 24: Portions of NE'/a, NW'/a
Township 6 North, Range 87 West, 6th P.M. -Tie Across Haul Road
Section 17: Portions of SW'/a, SEYa, NE'/a
Section 18: Portions of SE'/a
Section 19: Portions of N'/z
Seneca 11-W Findings Document 1 November 3, 1999