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<br /> STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Nalu rat Resources
<br />1713 Sherman 51., Room 215 `
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<br />Denver, trolorado 80203 I
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<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br /> DEPARTMEM OF
<br />July 10, 1995 NATURAL
<br /> RESOURCES
<br />Mr. Jim Green Roy Romer
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<br />Colorado Historical Society Governor
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<br />CO 80203 Michael R. Long
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<br />Re: Seneca II-W Mine (Permit No. C-82-057), Permit Renewal No. 02
<br />Deaz Mr. Green:
<br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 33, Paragraph 118, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the Division of
<br />Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on July 10, 1995, an application for renewal of a
<br />valid, existing permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-82-057, by Seneca Coal
<br />Company, P.O. Drawer D, Hayden, Colorado 81639, was deemed complete for the purposes of
<br />filing. All reviews and comment periods as provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated
<br />thereunder initiate from this day of filing.
<br />The applicant proposes to continue conducting surface coal mining operations at the Seneca II-W
<br />Mine, which is located approximately seven miles south of Hayden, Colorado, and is described as
<br />follows:
<br />Township 5 North, Ranee 88 West of the 6th Principal Meridian
<br />Section 9: Portions of E%: E%x and W'/z NE'/.
<br />Section 10: S'/: S%: NW'/., SW'/., SE'/,, Portions of S'/: NE'/.
<br />Section 11: Portions of S'/~ S%: SW'/,
<br />Section 14: Portions of SW'/., NW'/, and S%: S'h SE'/,
<br />Section 15: All
<br />Section 16: Portions of W%: NW%,, SE'/, NW'/,, NE%, SW'/. and SE%
<br />Section 21: Portions of E% NE'/<
<br />Section 22: NW'h, NE'/,, N%z SE'/,, Portions of N%2 SW'/< and S%x SE%<
<br />Section 23: NW'/,, SW'/<, W'/z E'h, W%: E'/: E'/:
<br />These tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map of Mount Harris.
<br />In order for us to approve this renewal application, we are required to confirm that projections and
<br />assumptions in the permit remain valid and that the operation is in compliance with the approved
<br />permit. We are requesting your agency's evaluation of the renewal application with respect to the
<br />continued validity of the original finding that "the proposed operations will not adversely affect any
<br />publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing, as determined by SHPO,
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