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Purpose and Scope of this Document <br />Introduction <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the Division) has received an <br />application from Hayden Gulch Terminal, LLC. (HGT) to revise permit C -92 -081 for conducting <br />surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Hayden Gulch Loadout (the Loadout). <br />The application number is PR -01. The permittee is requesting to increase the permit area by <br />214.7 acres by incorporating the Tie - Across Haul Road (TAHR), currently part of the Seneca II- <br />W permit, into the Hayden Gulch Loadout permit. <br />Prior to deciding whether or not to approve a permit application, the Division is required by law <br />to make specific written findings. Those findings are required by Section 34 -33 -114 of the <br />Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and Section 2.07.6(2) of the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. This document presents those <br />findings and the Division's proposed decision regarding approval of HGT's permit revision <br />application. This document also contains a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and summaries of the mining and reclamation plans. <br />Replacement of Previous Findings Documents <br />Information Sources for Permit and Review Process <br />This findings document updates the prior findings document from the review of HGT's original <br />permit application and Permit Renewal 03. Much of the information in this document is derived <br />from these previous documents. <br />The review process for permit revisions is described in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act (C.R.S. 34 -33 -101 et seq.) and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Rules referred to in this document are contained within <br />those regulations. Specific information about HGT's mining and reclamation operations can be <br />found in the permit application and permit revision applications on file with the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. <br />Hayden Gulch Loadout 3 November 22, 2011 <br />