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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 6herman St., Room 215 ~ C O L O RA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 ~ D t Y t S l o N o P <br /> RAL S <br />MIN <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 E <br />FAX: (303) 832$106 G E O L O G Y <br /> RECLANATION•M INING <br /> SAFETY•sCIENCE <br />April 7, 2005 Bill Owens <br /> Governor <br />Rob Etnst Russell George <br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management rxecutive olrecYOr <br />Lirtle Snake Field Office Ronald w. Canany <br /> Division Director <br />4$5 EmerSOn St. Natural Resource Trustee <br />Craig, CO 81625 <br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994082) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2) <br />Deaz Mr. Ernst: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, <br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 7, 2005, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Yoast Mine was <br />considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br />This Permit Revision updates the life-of--mine plan for the Yoast operation, and contains modifications to the mining, <br />reclamation and associated plan and acreages for [he remaining life-of-operation. Several factors and other internal <br />considerations have resulted in a corporate decision by Peabody Energy to cease coal production at the Yoast mine in eazly <br />2006. This Permit Revision is a result of this decision, and addresses the revised mining plan and the revised backfilling and <br />grading schedule. The operator is proposing an overall reduction in disturbed area and affected azea acres <br />The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The permit azea <br />is further described as follows: <br />T6N, R87 W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32 <br />TSN, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sectors 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 2Q 29, 30 <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Mount Hams and Dunckley. <br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue, <br />Hayden, Colorado 81639, and at the Division office. For additionai information, to provide written comments, or to request an <br />infomlal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado <br />80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Steamboat Pilot. <br />Sincerely, <br />Michael P. Boulay <br />Environrrtental Protection Specialist <br />MPB/Ahd <br />C-PR-0S C1994082 MPB 20050407 21919 PM <br />Once of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />