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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />] 313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8[06 <br />Augusi 14, 2006 <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />Craig Field Office <br />USDA Service Center <br />356 Ranney Street <br />Craig, CO 81625 <br />Re: Seneca II Mine (Permit No. C-1980-005) <br />Permit Renewal Application No. 5 (RN-5) <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- St- <br />SAF ETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 14, 2006, an application [o renew an existing permit to conduct <br />coal mining operations at the Seneca 11 Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing. <br />Seneca Coal Company proposes [o continue Surface coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land located approximately 9 <br />miles Southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />TSN, R87W; All of Sections 1, 2 and 12; Portions of Sections 3, 11 and 13 <br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 27, 34, 35 and 36 <br />TSN, R86W; Portions of Sections 6 and 7. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.S minute Quadrangle map of Milner and Mount Harris. <br />Seneca Coal Company has submitted an application for successive renewal of a valid existing permit to conduct mining and <br />reclamation activities in Colorado. This application does not include extensions of the permit area or any new activity within <br />[he permit area. No additional disturbance is requested for the permit area, This Permit Renewal extends the permit term for <br />another 5 years to February 17, 2012. <br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, P.O. Box 1813, Hayden, CO <br />81639, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an infotTnal conference, <br />contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />(303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public Dotice in the Steamboat Pilot. <br />Sincerely, <br />M~ rr3 <br />Michael P. Boulay <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />M10SSWHD\TEM1IPGRN-OS CI780005 MPB 20060815 9x518 AM.doc <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines <br />