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NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve with conditions Technical <br />Revision Application No. 3 for the Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-94-082), submitted by Seneca Coal <br />Company. The revision addresses an incidental boundary change to accommodate the construction <br />of a deadhead route for the 650 dragline to walk from the Seneca II Mine to the Yoast mining area, <br />and to adjust the reclamation cost estimate. <br />The Yoast Mine is a surface coal mine located in Routt County, approximately 8.5 miles southeast of <br />the town of Hayden, Colorado. Coal interest is federal and private, and the surface to be affected is <br />federal, state, and private land. The permit area encompasses approximately 2253 acres. <br />This proposed decision is based on a fmding that the proposed operation will comply with all <br />requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101, et seq., <br />C.R.S., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including stipulations, are on file for public inspection at the <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203, and at the Hayden Public Library, 225 East Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, <br />Colorado 81639. Persons with an interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision <br />may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. <br />Such request must be made within ten (10) days of the initial publication of this notice, must be in <br />writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and the objections to the <br />proposed decision. <br />