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E~~A <br />S Caa/Company Seneca Coal Company <br />SHIPPED VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS <br />February 23, 1998 <br />Mr. James E. Edwards, Jr. <br />U.S. Department ofthe Interior <br />Bureau of Land Management <br />Colorado State Office <br />280 Youngfield Street <br />Lakewood, Colorado 80215 <br />RE: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF RELINQUISHMENT OF FEDERAL <br />COAL LEASE COC-19885 <br />L.C. File No. 260-049 <br />Dear Mr. Edwards: <br />Please accept this letter, together with the enclosed supporting documents, as Seneca <br />Coal Company's formal request for approval of the relinquishment of 125.16 acres, more <br />or less of coal mineral estate, as identified in the recordable relinquishment of Federal <br />Coal Lease form attached hereto and which we would file in the records of Routt County, <br />Colorado at such time as the Bureau approves our request. <br />This request for approval of relinquishment is being submitted in accordance with the <br />provisions of 43 CFR §3452.1. The purpose of this request for relinquishment is to <br />insure compliance by Seneca Coal Company and its affiliates with the acreage limitations <br />identified in 43 CFR §3472.1-3. This request for approval of relinquishment is one of <br />several that Seneca Coal Company and its affiliates aze submitting in order to reduce the <br />total federal acreage in our portfolio. We respectfully request that all relinquishment <br />requests being submitted to the Bureau on this date receive simultaneous review and, <br />approval in order to avoid problems with non-contiguous acreage. <br />Seneca Coal Company owns the surface estate overlying the areas of federal coal being <br />offered for relinquishment. The lease relinquishments being requested by this letter do <br />not involve surface lands under the jurisdiction of another federal agency. <br />The subject lease is covered by CNA Bond No. 9264475 in the amount of $58,000. <br />Reclamation of surface lands overlying the federal coal is insured by Bond Nos. 309559, <br />9264088 and 9264508 in the amount of $10,182,123, which meets the current <br />requirements of, is on fle with and is payable to the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology. <br />Seneca Coal Company • 1300 South Yale Street • Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 <br />Telephone (520} 7745253 • Fax (520} 773-4596 <br />