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<br /> <br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology proposes to approve with conditions <br />Permit Revision Application No. 1, submitted by Seneca Coal Company for a coal <br />mining permit at the Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-94-082). This permit revision provides <br />the updated, detailed life-of-mine plans for the mining, reclamation and related <br />operations for the Yoast Mine past the existing five-year permit term. <br />The Yoast Mine is located in Routt County, approximately 7 miles southwest of <br />Hayden, Colorado. The surface operation has an estimated coal production capacity <br />of 881,700 tons for 1999. Coal interest is federal and private., and the surface to be <br />affected is federal, state and private land. The permit area encompasses <br />approximately 2,318.3 acres. <br />This proposed decision is based on a finding that the proposed operation will comply <br />with all requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Section <br />34-33-101, et seq., C.R.S., and the regulations promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including any stipulations, are on file for public <br />inspection at the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, Centennial <br />Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203 and at the County Clerk's <br />Office in Routt County, Box 773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Persons with an <br />interest that may be adversely affected by the proposed decision may request a forma] <br />hearing before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such <br />request must be made within thirty (30) days of the initial publication of this notice, <br />must be in writing, and must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the <br />request and the objections to the proposed decision. <br />