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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology (the Division) for the Seneca II Mine. This document <br />includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve with stipulations the permit <br />renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of <br />the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the <br />written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning <br />the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit renewal to conduct <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Seneca II Mine. The <br />application was submitted by Peabody Coal Company, the operator of the mine. <br />Surface lands within the permit area are privately and state government owned, <br />while mineral rights are held by the United States, the State of Colorado, and <br />private parties. The permit area is in Routt County, Colorado, in lands <br />included within: <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section l: All <br />Section 2: All <br />Section 3: Portions of E1/2E1/2 <br />Section 11: NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, NE1/4SE1/4, NE Diagonal 1/2 <br />NWl/4SE1/4, and NE Diagonal 1/2 SE1/4SE 1/4 <br />Section 12: All <br />Section 13: N1/2N1/2N1 /2 <br />Township 6 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 27: Portions of the following - SE1/4SW1/4, SW1/4SW1/4, <br />SW1/4SE1/4 and SE1/4SE1/4 <br />Section 34: E1/2E1/2, NW1/4NE1/4, portions of NE1/4NW1/4, portions of <br />SW1/4NE1/4 <br />Section 35: W1/2, W1/2E1/2, portions of SE1/4NE1/4, portions of <br />E1/2SE1/4 <br />Section 36: Portions of S1/2S1/2 <br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 6: W1/2W1/2SW1/4 <br />Section 7: W1/2NW1/4NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4NW1/4 <br />