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I • 7AB 1 <br />SENECA II-W MINE PERMIT SUMMARY <br />Seneca Coal Company (SCC) has operated the Seneca I and II Mines since 1968, both of which <br />are in Routt County east of Hayden, Colorado. The Seneca 11-W Mine is located approximately <br />seven miles south of Hayden and seven miles almost due west of the Seneca II Mine. Like <br />Seneca II, coal from II-W is hauled over county and private roadways by private hauler to the <br />Hayden Station Power Plant operated by Xcel Energy, Pacificorp, and Salt River Agricultural <br />Improvement and Power District. Haulage distance is approximately ten miles each way. <br />Since the initial land acquisitions began back in 1973 for Seneca II-W, Peabody Coal Company <br />underwent a number of mine plan changes. State and Federal mining regulations have changed <br />a number of times over the years and with each change a new mining and reclamation plan had <br />tc be submitted. <br />Peabody Coal Company, as Seneca Coal Company's predecessor, prepared and submitted the <br />• first mining and reclamation plan for Seneca II-W Mine to the United States Geological Survey <br />IUSGSI, now known as Minerals Management, in March 1974. Even before approval was <br />obtained, Peabody Coal Company was notified that Seneca II-W was to 6e included in the <br />Northwest Colorado Regional Impact Statement. Consultants were retained at this point to <br />conduct the whole array of environmental studies that would be needed in support of the impact <br />statement. The impact statement covered all coal properties, whether private, State, or Federal <br />which were to be mined in the near future. <br />Peabody Coal Company submitted and was subsequently given approval from the Bureau of Land <br />Management IBLMI to sub-lease Federal Coal Leases C-081251 and C-081258 from Freeman <br />United Coal Mining Company in December, 1975. <br />The Final Northwest Colorado Environmental Impact Report was published in February, 1977, <br />Prior io this approval, additional Federal regulations were promulgated f30 CFR 211) that <br />required every coal operator holding a Federal lease to submit a mining and reclamation plan for <br />those mines. Hence, Peabody Coal Company submitted another mining plan in May, 1977 to the <br />USGS, which was subsequently approved in September, 1977. <br />• <br />TR-50 1 Revised 11/04 <br />