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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />(Division) for the Yoast Mine Permit Revision No. 2. This document includes: 1) the proposed <br />decision to approve, with stipulations, the permit revision application; 2) a summary which includes <br />a history of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the <br />operation and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of <br />compliance the Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act. Detailed information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />The Division has received an application for a permit revision, which provides the updated life-of- <br />mine plan for the Yoast operation. Seneca Coal Company (SCC) submitted the application, and SCC <br />will operate the mine. The mine is located on Federal, State and privately owned lands within Routt <br />County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit azea is: <br />Township 6 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian <br />Section 28: Portions ofNW3,NW3SW3,SW3NE3 <br />Section 29: Portions of SE3 <br />Section 32: Portions ofNW3NE3,W2E2 <br />Township 5 North, Ranee 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian <br />Section 5: Portions of W2E2 <br />Section 8: NW3, SW3, W2NE3, W2SE3 <br />Section 16: SW3NW3, NW3SW3, and portions of <br />SW3SW3, NW3NW3, SE3NW3, NE3SW3, <br />NW3SE3 <br />Section 17: All <br />Section 18: NE3SE3, S2SE3 <br />Section 19: E2 and portions of E2 W2 <br />Section 20: SW3NW3, N2NW3, W2SW3, and <br />portions of N2NE3 <br />Section 29: NW3NW3 <br />Section 30: N2NE3 <br />The proposed permit area encompasses 2318.3 acres, of which 1,158.1 acres are planned to be <br />disturbed by surface operations. Ownership of the surface by private, Federal and State interests is <br />1940.4, 319.2, and 58.7 acres, respectively. <br />Yoazt Mine 7 February 2$ 2006 <br />