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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (the Division) for the Seneca II Mine Permit Renewal No. 6. This <br />document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the permit revision application; 2) a <br />summary which includes a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the <br />environment affected by the operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; <br />and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of <br />compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a successive five year permit renewal of Permit <br />No. C -80 -005 to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation operations at the Seneca II <br />Mine. The application was submitted by Seneca Coal Company (SCC), and the mine will be <br />operated by SCC. Surface lands and mineral rights within the proposed permit area are <br />owned by the State of Colorado. The permit area is in Routt County, Colorado, in lands <br />included within: <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 1: SE 'A , Portions of NE' /a NE 'A SW 'A and S'h NE'A <br />Section 12: Portions of NE'% and E' NW '/a <br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West of the 6th Principal Meridian: <br />Section 6: W1/2W ' /SW '/a <br />Section 7: W ' /2NW%NW %, N1/2 SW 'A <br />The permit area encompasses 386.5 acres, of which approximately 266.7 acres have been <br />disturbed by surface operations. <br />1 <br />