REV90801

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/7/2005
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: PR2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Naural Resources
7313 Sherman St., Room 275
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
April 7, 2005
Jim Green
Colorado Historical Society
The Colorado History Museum
1300 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994082)
Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
Dear Mr. Green:
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Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W. Gnany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
Pazagraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 7, 2005, an application to revise coal mining
operations at the Yoast Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by
Seneca Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from
this date of filing.
This Permit Revision updates the life-of--mine plan For the Yoast operation, and contains modifications to the
mining, reclamation and associated plan and acreages for the remaining life-of-operation. Several factors and
other internal considerations have resulted in a corporate decision by Peabody Energy to cease coal production at
the Yoast mine in eazly 2006. This Permit Revision is a result of this decision, and addresses the revised mining
plan and the revised backfilling and grading schedule. The operator is proposing an overall reduction in disturbed
azea and affected area acres.
The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The
permit azea is further described as follows:
T6N, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32
TSN, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Mount Harris and
Dunckley.
In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have
yow concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a fmding that "the proposed
operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing,
as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Boazd and
the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the pazk or place." Therefore, we request that you submit
comments regazding your concurrence with, concerns with, or objections to this proposal. th order that we may
comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter.
Please refer to the MOU when undertaking your review.
Office of Office of Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey