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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Na[ural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St, Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />PAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />OLORADO
<br />I V 1 8 I O N O F
<br />lIN SRALS
<br />EOLOGY
<br />C LAM ATION•MINING
<br />SAFETY•SCIENCE
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />June 3, 2005 Governor
<br /> Russell George
<br />Upper Yampa Water Conservation District Executive Director
<br />1174 Steamboat Springs Boulevazd Ronald W. Cattany
<br />P.O. Box 880339 Division Direcor
<br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80488-0339 Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Seneca II-W Mine (Permit No. C-1982-057)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 4 (RN-4)
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragaph 3,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 3, 2005, an application to renew an existing permit to conduct coal mining
<br />operations at the Seneca II-W Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as
<br />provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Seneca Coal Company proposes to continue surface coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land located approximately 9
<br />miles south of Hayden, Colorado. The permit azea is further described as follows:
<br />TSN, R88W; All of Section 15; Portions of Sections 9, 10, 1 I, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, and 35
<br />T6N, R88W; Portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24
<br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 17, 18, 19
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Hayden Gulch, Hayden, Dunckley,
<br />Mt. Harris.
<br />This permit renewal applicafion would allow for renewal of Permit C-1982-057 for a new five yeaz permit term, which would
<br />extend to December 31, 2010. The application does not propose any expansion of approved permit boundaries or surface
<br />disturbance acreage, nor does it propose any changes to approved mining or reclamation plans.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue,
<br />Hayden CO 81639, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal
<br />conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Steamboat Pilot.
<br />If you have questions, please contact me at the Grand Junction Field Office, (970) 242-5025.
<br />Sincerely, _ --
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<br />Dan T. Mathews J1
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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