GENERAL50299

• Permit No: C1982057
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/23/1996
• Doc Name: PROPOSED DECISION & FINDINGS OF COMPLIANCE FOR RN2
• 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 renewal 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 a permit renewal to conduct surface coal
mining and reclamation operations 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 County, Colorado. The
legal description of the lands included within the permit area is:
Township 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'/<, NE'/a, N'/z SE'/a, Portions of N'/z SW'/a and S'/z SE'/4
Section 23: NW'/a, SWl/a, W'/z E'/z, W'/z E'/z E'/z
Township 6 North. Range 88 West. 6th P.M. (Tie Across Haul Roadl
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, SE'/a, NE'/a
Section 18: Portions of SE'/a
Section 19: Portions of N'/z
All west of the 6th Principal Meridian, totaling 2,676.6 acres, of which 1,287 acres are
planned to be disturbed by surface operations. Ownership of the surface by private,
Federal and State interests is 2,622.9, 30.2 and 23.5 acres, respectively. Seneca Coal
Company is permitted to mine 467.2 acres of federally owned coal.
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