REV97640

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/17/2004
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR36
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
13 7 3 Sherman SG, Room 215 C O L O RA D O
Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION o r
Phone: [phone] MIN & A L $

FAX: [phone] G E O L O G Y
RECLAMATIO N•MINING
SAFETT•SCIENCE
June 17, 2004
Bill Owens
Natural Resources Conservation Service covemor
Steamboat Springs Field Office Russell George
1475 Pine Grove Rd, Suite 20I A Executive Director
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-8803 Ronald W. Cottony
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Seneca II Mine (Permit No. C-1980-005)
Technical Revision Application No. 36 (TR-36)
Updates to Postmine Channel Designs and the Hydrologic Monitoring Plan
Dear Sir or Madam:
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 17, 2004, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Seneca II 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 application addresses changes/updates to select postmine channel designs, the hydrologic monitoring plan, and the
Petroleum Contaminated Material Stockpile location.
The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden. The permit area is further
described as follows:
TSN, R87 W; All of Sections 1, 2 and 12; Portions of Sections 3, 11 and 13
T6N, R87 W; Portions of Sections 27, 34, 35 and 36
TSN, R86 W; Portions of Sections 6 and 7.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Milner and Mount Harris.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
publication of this notice, [he applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Hayden Public Library,
225 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, Colorado 81639, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written
comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
[phone]. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
(15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
with, or objections to, [he applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
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Michael P. Boulay
Environmental Protection Specialist
MPB/Ahd
Offi[e of Office of Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey