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No new stipulations have been added with Permit Renewal No. 4 (RN4), issued in 2018. No <br /> stipulations are proposed with Permit Renewal No. 5. (RN5). <br /> Enforcement Actions <br /> There have been no enforcement actions issued since the last Permit Renewal, RN4. <br /> The Review Process <br /> For the current renewal (RN5),the Division notified Seneca Property, LLC by letter on 5 November <br /> 2019 that its permit for the Yoast Mine would expire on 5 August, 2020. The letter explained that, <br /> for operations to continue beyond that date, Section 2.08.5(3)(f)requires an application for renewal <br /> to be received on or before 7 February 2020. Seneca Property LLC, submitted a renewal application <br /> on 5 February 2020 and the application was found complete on 7 February 2020. SPL published a <br /> notice of the application in the Steamboat Pilot, four consecutive weeks from 1 March 2020 through <br /> 22 March 2020. <br /> No objections regarding the application were received. <br /> The Office of Surface Mining's applicant violator system(AVS),was queried on 5 March 2020, and <br /> no violations were identified. A follow up AVS query was conducted on 18 August 2020 and <br /> resulted in a recommendation to propose a decision for this renewal. <br /> On 31 March 2020,the Division sent the preliminary adequacy letter to SPL requesting additional <br /> information with regards to portions of the permit. SPL provided responses to the Division's <br /> adequacy questions in a letter dated 14 August 2020, and received by the Division on the same date. <br /> The Division updated the Reclamation Cost Estimate on 12 June 2020. All adequacy concerns have <br /> been resolved. Therefore,the Division proposes to approve the renewal application. <br /> Publication of this proposed decision initiates a thirty-day public comment period. Provided there <br /> are no objections to the decision, the proposed decision will become final at the close of the <br /> comment period. <br /> Description of the Environment <br /> Location of Permit Area <br /> The legal description of the lands included within the permit area of the Yoast Mine follows: <br /> UN,R87 W <br /> o Section 28 Portions ofNW1/4,NW1/4 SW1/4, SW1/4NE1/4 <br /> o Section 29 Portions of SE1/4 <br /> o Section 32 Portions ofNW1/4NE1/4, W1/2 E1/2 <br /> TSN,R87W <br /> o Section 5 Portions of W1/2 E1/2 <br /> o Section 8 NW1/4 SW1/4,W1/2NE1/4, and W1/2 SE/4 <br /> o Section 16 SW1/4 NW1/4,NW1/4 SW1/4, and portions of SW1/4 SW1/4 <br /> NW1/4 NW1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4,NE1/4 SW1/4 and NW1/4 SE1/4 <br /> NEl/4SE1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 <br /> o Section 17 All <br /> o Section 18 NE1/4 SE1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 <br /> o Section 19 E/2 and portions of E1/2 W1/2 <br /> o Section 20 SW1/4 NW/14,N1/2 NW1/4,W1/2 SW1/4 and portions ofN1/2 NE1/4 <br /> 3 <br />