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S �N nr Seneca Coal Company <br />October 1, 2013 <br />Ms. Janet Binns RECEIVED <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 OCT 0 3 2013 <br />Denver, CO 80203 DIVISION OF RECLAMATION <br />MINING AND SAFETY <br />RE: Seneca II -W Mine Permit No. C -82 -057 <br />Minor Revision No. (MR -77), Midterm Adequacy Review and Request for <br />Revision; Adequacy Response No.l <br />Ms. Binns, <br />Seneca Coal Company (SCC) has reviewed the Division's adequacy letter dated September <br />20, 2013 and is submitting the following response. <br />Tab 22, Revegetation Plan <br />1) Revised page 24 updates the aspen nursery stock planting method to plant the root ball of <br />the aspen at ground level as opposed to the currently approved depth of five to six feet. <br />However, the revised sentence indicates that the aspen will be planted "very deep " and <br />then indicates the tree will be planted at ground level. Please revise this sentence to <br />remove the commitment to plant the aspen tree "very deep ". <br />Response: Page 24 has been revised to remove the commitment in question. <br />2) The second sentence of the last paragraph of the revised page 24 states, "Foursquare <br />yards of landscape fabric would be placed around the base of each tree or in a strip <br />pattern ". A period is missing at the end of the revised sentence; so it is unclear if the rest <br />of the remainder of the currently approved paragraph were intended to be omitted or <br />deleted from this paragraph. Please correct this sentence and indicate if it was intended <br />to delete the following sentence which is currently included in the paragraph in question, <br />"Cages of 2 " x 4 " 12 gauge welded wire 72 inches tall would be placed around each and <br />anchored with tree t posts. " <br />Response: Page 24 has been revised to include the punctuation mark (a missing period) that <br />caused the extreme confusion. <br />Seneca Coal Company • P.O. Box 670 • Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />Telephone (970) 276 -5217 • FAX (970) 276 -5222 <br />