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Introduction This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) for the Somerset Mine (Permit C-81-022). This document includes updated findings for all previous permitting actions in addition to: 1) the proposed decision to approve the Permit Renewal No. Two application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the Permit Renewal No. Two 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 fora renewal of a permit to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Somerset Mine. The application was submitted by the operator of the Somerset Mine, which is Somerset Mining Company: The mine is located on federal and private lands within Delta and Gunnison Counties, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area is: Township 12 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM Sec. 31: Lot 12, 13, 14 Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6th PM Sec. 1: All except N/2N/2 Sec. 2: All except N/2N/2 Sec. 3: S/2N/2, SW/4, SE/4 Sec. 4: SE/4 Sec. 5: Lot 8 Sec. 6: N/2, N/2SW/4, SW/4SW/4, NW/4SE/4 Sec. 7: All except NW/4SE/4 Sec. 8: All except E/2NE/4, NE/4NW/4 Sec. 9: All North of Highway 133 Sec. 10: All North of Railroad Sec. 11: North of the North Fork of Gunnison River Sec. 12: North of the North Fork of Gunnison River Sec. 17: NE/4NW/4, NW/4N E/4 Township 12 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM Sec. 34: Lot 15, 16 Sec. 35: Lot 7, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22 Sec. 36: Lot 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 6th PM Sec. l: All Sec. 2: All except S/2SW/4 Sec. 3: NE/4, Lot 3, N/2SE/4 Sec. 11: E/2NE/4 Sec. 12: All except W/2SE/4, NE/4SW/4 Sec. 13: N/2NE/4, NE/4NW/4 -2-