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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />REC~AN ATION•MINING <br />SAf FTY•SCIENCE <br />April 7, 2005 sill Owens <br /> Governor <br />Michael Schaubs Russell George <br />Department ofNaturnl Resources Executive Director <br />Division of Water Resources Ronald W. Cattany <br /> Division Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994082) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2) <br />Deaz Mr. Schaubs: <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 Apri17, 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 the remaining life-of-operntion. Several factors and other internal <br />considerations have resulted in a colpornte 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 baclcfilling and <br />grading schedule. The operntor is proposing an overall reduction in disturbed azea and affected azea acres. <br />The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The pemvt azea <br />is further described as follows: <br />T6N, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32 <br />TSN, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30 <br />The above-mentioned Watts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Mount Harris 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 additional information, to provide written comments, or to request an <br />informal conference, contact the Division of Minernls 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 />1v1 t~ P. Qm <br />Michael P. Boulay <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />MPB/Ahd <br />C-PR-OS C1994082 MPB 2005040] 21915 PM <br />Office of Otice of Colorado <br />Mined land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />