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• Subsequently, the information gathered for presentation in this report r+as revised and <br />updated to reflect requirements stipulated by Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, Section 2.04.3, General Requirements: Site Description <br />and Land Use Information (The Code of Colorado Regulations 2 CCR 407-2: 60-62), Update <br />revisions and field checks of land use information were carried out during the fall of <br />1980, the summer of 1982, and the fall of 1990. <br />Objectives. The general purpose of this report is to present land use information which <br />will document land use relevant to the Seneca II-W Mine Permit Area. This will then <br />enable the regulatory authority to evaluate the applicant's plan to restore the affected <br />area to a condition capable of supporting the uses characterizing the land prior to any <br />mining activity, or to higher or better uses. Specific objectives include (1) to prepare <br />a land use map which will provide a geographic record of the premini ng land uses in the <br />Seneca II-W Mine Area and Adjacent Areas; (2) to integrate premini ng land use information <br />in the Seneca II-W Mine Permit Area with information concerning the capability and <br />productivity of the land in terms of premi ni ng uses; (3) to determine if the proposed <br />Seneca II-W Mine Permit Area has sustained previous mining activity; and (4) to identify <br />• existing land use plans and land use classifications adopted under local law in the region <br />incorporating the Seneca II-W Mine Permit Area. <br />Resource Material <br />Land Use. Both the state and federal governments have previously carried out macro type <br />land use mapping projects which cover the proposed Seneca II-W Mine area. The first of <br />these reflects conditions as of July 1973 and was a cooperative effort of the Colorado <br />Land Use Commission, the U.S. Soil Conservation Service (SCS), and the 88 Colorado Soil <br />Conservation Districts. Field observations were plotted on county maps at a scale of <br />1:126,720 (one inch equals two miles) before being compiled on a state basis. State maps <br />were produced at a scale of 1:500,000. <br />A second mapping effort by the United States Geological Survey was completed in the early <br />1980's. The Craig, Colorado, sheet (Land Use Series, Map L-179) reflects land use and <br />land cover information compiled from source materials dated 1975-77. Urban, Water, and <br />45iri5vg uses `cs Lzvei 5 and '.5 cateynriea are recoT ted Sns ten-ats¢ sr~i~ist+:mr ; whi'~¢ oth¢s <br />• uses, including rangeland, are recorded using 40 acres as the smallest geographic unit. <br />Land use maps are ultimately produced at a scale of 1:250,000. Further discussion and <br />3 <br />