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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />January 24, 2017 <br /> <br />Peter Milonas <br />State Board of Land Commissioners <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1127 Sherman Street, Suite 300 <br />Denver, CO 80203-2206 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994-082) <br /> Bond Release Application No. 6 (SL-6) <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Milonas: <br /> <br />Seneca Property LLC has applied for a bond release at the Yoast Mine. The bond release <br />application was found complete by this Division on January 24, 2017. All review and <br />comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the <br />Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this <br />date of filing. <br /> <br />Bond Release application No. 6 (SL-6) represents a request for partial Phase I release of 94.9 <br />acres and a partial Phase III release of 277.2 acres of reclaimed lands associated with the <br />Seneca Yoast Mine. All areas associated with this SL-6 application were reclaimed between <br />1997 and 2013. The surface ownership is federal, state and private, and the coal mined was <br />federal, state and private. <br /> <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Southwest of <br />Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />T6N, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32 <br /> T5N, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30 <br /> <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />map(s): Mount Harris. <br /> <br />For additional information, to provide written comments, or to file an objection and request an <br />informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,