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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 27 5 C O L D RA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 D I V (S I O N O F <br />Phone: (303) 866.3567 MIN & A L S <br />FAX: (3031832-8106 G E O L O G Y <br /> AEC LA NATION•NINING <br /> EAf ETY•EGIENCE <br />April 7, 2005 <br /> Bill Owens <br />Routt County Planning Department covemor <br />Planning DIreC[Or Russell GLrorge <br />P.O. Box 773598 Executive Director <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Ronald w. Cattany <br /> Division DireLYOr <br /> Natural Resource Trustee <br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994082) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2) <br />Deaz Routt County Planning Department: <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, a pemut revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining <br />operations, Permit No. C-1994-082 by Seneca Coal Company, was considered complete for the purposes of filing. Al] review <br />and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Muting 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-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 Pemrit 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 azea and affected azea acres. <br />The Surface coal mining operation is located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further <br />described as follows: <br />T6N, R87 W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32 <br />TSN, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, t6, 18, 19, 20, 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. For additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact <br />the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within <br />thirty days after the last public notice in the Steamboat Pilot. <br />Sincerely, <br />Michael P. Boulay 0 <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />MPB/Ahd <br />C-PR-04 Ct994082 MPB 20050400 21632 PM <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined land Rrclamation Active and InacTive Mines Geological Survey <br />