2020-06-08_REVISION - C1994082 (29)

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PUBLIC NOTICE Seneca Property, LLC, 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has requested release of Partial Phase II liability on 193 acres of its reclaimed lands at the Seneca Yoast Mine (CDRMS Permit No. C 1994-082, approved August 5, 1995). The Seneca Yoast Mine is located approximately 8.5 mile southwest of the Town of Hayden, Colorado, off of Routt County Road 27. The specific area to which this bond release request applies is included within the Permit Area located as follows: T6N, R87W Section 28: Portions of NW 11/4,NW'/4 SW '/4 , SW '/4NE '/4 Section 29: Portions of SE 1/4 Section 32: Portions of NW'/4 NE '/4 W '/2E '/2 T5N, R87W Section 5: Portions of W '/2 E'/2 Section 8: Portions of NW'/4, SW'/4,W'/2NE'/4, and W'/2SE'/4 Section 16: SW'/4NW'/4,NW'/4SW'/4 . and portions of SW'/4SW'/4 , NW'/4NW'/4 , SE'/4NW'/4, NE'/4SW'/4, and SW'/4 SE'/4 Section 17: All Section 18: NE'/4SE'/4, S'/2SE'/4 Section 19: E'/2 and portions of E'/2W'/2 Section 20: SW'/4NW'/4 N'/2NW'/4 W'/2 SW'/4 and portions of N'/2NE'/4 Section 29: N W'/4 N W'/4 Section 30: N'/2NW'/4 All located west of the 6th Principal Meridian;totaling 2318.3 acres,of which 193 acres for Phase II Release are requested in the Bond Release Application (SL-8). The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle maps for Dunckley and Mt. Harris contain the described affected area. A Corporate Surety Bond in the amount of$1,379,988.51 is currently in place of which $400,000 is being requested for release. Pursuant to Rule 3.01.1,A permittee may request Phase II bond Release upon the establishment of vegetation which supports the approved postmining land use and which meets the approved success standard for cover. The portion of the mine for which Bond Release is being requested consists primarily of permanent roads, permanent ponds, and previously Phase I released areas. Reclamation of the disturbed mining areas and demolition of non-permanent structures occurred throughout the reclamation phases from 1997 through 2013. The approved reclamation plan can be viewed in its entirety in the Seneca Yoast Mine Permit Application Package located at the Twentymile Mine Office, Oak Creek, Colorado. A copy of the SL-8 bond release application is available for public inspection at the Twentymile Mine Office, 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467. Written comments or objections or requests for public hearing or informal conference concerning this application may be submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273, (303) 866-3567. Comments must be received within 30 days of the last publication of this notice or within 30 days of the onsite inspection,whichever is later.