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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Na[ural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C Q L Q RA D Q
<br />Denver, COlOrddO 80203 DIVISION O F
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 MIN &RA L S
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<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 Ci ); Q L O G Y
<br /> RECLAMATION•MI NING
<br /> SAf ETY•SCIENCE
<br />December 1Q 2004
<br /> Bill Owens
<br />Rob Ernst Governor
<br />U.S. Blrreau of Land Management Russell George
<br />Little Snake Field Office Executive Director
<br />4$$ Emerson Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Craig, CO 8162$ Division Director
<br /> Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Seneca II-W Mine (Permit No. C-1982-05'77
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 50 (TR-50)
<br />Midterm Response
<br />Deaz Mr. Ernst:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Pazagraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 10, 2004, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Seneca II-
<br />W Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Seneca Coal Company. All review
<br />and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This revision application proposes updates and modifications to various sections of the approved permit application, including
<br />changes to certain provisions of the operations and reclamation plan. The revision application was submitted in response to the
<br />Division's mid-term permit review.
<br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles south of Hayden. The permit azea is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />T$N, R88W; All of Section 1$; Portions of Sections 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, and 3$
<br />T6N, R88W; Portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24
<br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 17, 18, 19
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.$ minute Quadrangle maps of Hayden Gulch, Hayden, Dunckley and
<br />Mt. Hams.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Hayden Public Library,
<br />201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, CO 81639, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact [he Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Shertnan Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3$67. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />(1$) days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
<br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Dan T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-TR-03_C1962057_DTM 20041202_40909 PM
<br />Office of Office of Colorado
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey
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