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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:1303) 832106 <br />Apri17, 2005 <br />Hal Simpson <br />Deparhnent of Natural Resources <br />Division of Water Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994-082) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2) <br />Deaz Mr. Simpson: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />0.EC LA NATION•NINING <br />SAFETY•ECIENCE <br />a~l{{ DWCnS <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Ezecutive Director <br />Ronald W. Cottony <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <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 modificafions to the mining, <br />reclamation and associated plan and acreages for the 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 Pettnit Revision is a result of this decision, and addresses the revised mining plan and the revised bacld'illing and <br />grading schedule. The operator is proposing an overall reduction in disturbed azea and affected area 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, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32 <br />TEN, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 2Q 29, 30 <br />Mt. Hams & Dunckley <br />The above-mentioned tracts 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 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 />M%~P <br />Michael P. Boulay <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />MPB/Ahd <br />C-PRAS C1994082 MPB 20050407 21659 PM <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation - Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />