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Findings of the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />for the <br />Seneca II Mine <br />Explanation of Findings <br />Pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />for Coal Mining, and the approved state program, the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and <br />Safety or the Board must make specific written findings prior to issuance of a permit, permit <br />renewal or permit revision. These findings are based on information made available to the <br />Division that demonstrates that the applicant will be able to operate in compliance with the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Regulations promulgated pursuant to <br />the Act. <br />The findings in the following sections required by Rule 2.07.6(2) are listed in accordance with <br />that Rule. The findings and specific approvals required pursuant to Rule 2.07.6(2)(m) are <br />listed in accordance with Rule 4 and are organized under subject or discipline subtitles. <br />This findings document is updated upon permit renewal, which occurs every five years for <br />most mines, or as a result of a permit revision. This is the permit revision findings document <br />for the Seneca II Mine PR-2. The following findings were reevaluated and updated, if <br />necessary, to reflect changes which have occurred as a result of this permit revision. Any <br />stipulations from the original permit and findings document or subsequent renewal and <br />revisions that have been totally resolved to the satisfaction of the Division, have been removed <br />from this document. <br />SECTION A- Rule 2.07.6 <br />1. The permit application is accurate and complete. All requirements of the Act and these <br />rules have been complied with (2.07.6(2)(a)). <br />2. Based on information contained in the permit application and other information <br />available to the Division, the Division finds that surface coal mining and reclamation <br />can be feasibly accomplished at the Seneca II Mine (2.07.6(2)(b)). <br />3. The assessment of the probable cumulative impacts of all anticipated coal mining in the <br />general area on the hydrologic balance, as described in 2.05.6(3), has been made by <br />the Division. This assessment, entitled "Yampa River," is available for inspection at <br />the offices of the Division. The Division finds that the operations proposed under the <br />application have been designed to prevent damage to the hydrologic balance outside the <br />proposed permit area (2.07.6(2)(c)). <br />4. The Division finds that the permit area is, subject to valid rights existing as of August <br />8