PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC, 36600 Routt County Road #27, P.O. Box 670, Hayden, Colorado 81639, on
<br />behalf of the Seneca II West Mine, has filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety
<br />for a Succession of Operators. The application proposes the transfer of Surface Mine Permit No. C-1982-
<br />057, from Seneca Coal Company, LLC to Seneca Properties, LLC. Seneca Coal Company, LLC and Seneca
<br />Properties, LLC are wholly owned subsidiaries of Peabody Energy. No changes to the currently approved
<br />mining and reclamation plan are proposed.
<br />The general legal description of the Seneca II West Permit Area is described as:
<br />T5N, R88W
<br />Mine Area
<br />Section 9:
<br />Portions of SENNE%, NE%SE%, and W%:NE%
<br />Section 10:
<br />S%SXNW%, SW%, SEX, Portions of S%NE%
<br />Section 11:
<br />Portions of S%S%SW%
<br />Section 14:
<br />Portions of SW%, NW'/o, and S%:S%2SE'/<
<br />Section 15:
<br />All
<br />Section 16:
<br />Portions of W%:NW%, SE%NW%, NE%SW%, and SE%
<br />Section 21:
<br />Portions of E%:NE%
<br />Section 22:
<br />NW%, NE%, N%2SE'/o , SW%SE%, Portions of N%2SW%, and SW%SE'/<
<br />Section 23:
<br />NW%, SW%, W%:E%z, and W%:E%zE%
<br />(II -W South Expansion Area)
<br />Section 26:
<br />W%2, W%:E%:, and Portions of W%:E%ZNE% and W%E%:SE%
<br />Section 27:
<br />E%:
<br />Section 34:
<br />NE'/o, N%SE%, and Portions of N%2S%:SE%
<br />NW%, W%:NE'/<, N%SW% and Portions of N'/:S%:SW%,
<br />Section 35:
<br />NW%SE%, NW%SW%SE%, NW%NE%SE%, and ME%NE%
<br />All west of the 6th Principal Meridian; totaling 3,878.5 acres.
<br />Legal owners of record of the surface of the permit area are:
<br />• Babson Farms, Inc.
<br />• Boulware, Joe Wood and Jody Boulware Perret
<br />• Friederich, George T. and Theresa A.
<br />• Hayden Public Library
<br />• Ricks, John C.
<br />• Routt, County of
<br />• Salt River Agricultural Improvement and Power District
<br />• Sage Creek Holdings, LLC
<br />• Smith, David L. and Kathleen A.
<br />The Seneca II -W Mine is located approximately seven miles south of the Town of Hayden, Colorado. The USGS
<br />7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps of Hayden Gulch, Hayden, Dunckley, and Mt. Harris, contain the described permit
<br />area. No change in land use is associated with this revision.
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