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iii iiiiininiu iii 999 STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY DeUslmeni of Natural Resources 1713 Sherman 51 ,Room 215 Denver, Colorado BO203 Phone 13031 866-7 5L7 FA%'1703)83?-H106 December 20, 1995 Mr. Robert H. Caskey Regional Wildlife Manager Colorado Division of Wildlife 711 Independent Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81505 Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-94082) Technical Revision No. 02 Cover Standard for Concentrated Shrub Stands Dear Mr. Caskey: ~~ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Roy Romer Cwvernur )amen 5. Luchhcad E;ecmrve Dveaw Michael B. Long Divninn Duerlor The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 33, Article 34, Section 118, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 20, 1995 an application to revise coal mining operations at the Yoast Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Seneca Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. This revision addresses a stipulation to the Yoast Mine permit, which requires a cover standard for concentrated shrub establishment areas based on reference area cover comparison. The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 8.5 miles southeast of the town of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: Township 6 North. Ranee 87 West Section 28: Portions of NW'/a, NW'/. SW'/a Section 29: Portions of E'fz SE'k, SW'/a SE Section 32: Portions of W'k E'/z Township 5 North. Ranee 87 West Section 5: Portions of W'/z E'k Section 8: NW'k, SW'/a, W'fz NE'k, W'fz SE'k Section 16: SW'k NW'/a, NW'k SW'/., and portions of SW'/a SW'/a, NW'/a NW'/a, SE'k NW'k, NE'/a SW'k, NW'/a SE'/a Section 17: All Section 18: NE'/a SE'/a, S'fz SE'/a Section 19: E'fi and portions of E'/z W'fz Section 20: SW'k NW'/a, W'f~ SW'/a, N'fz NW'/a and portions of N'k NE'/a Section 29: NW'/a NW'k Section 30: N'/z NE'/a