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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. 1. 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 <br /> of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br /> The Division has received an application for a permit revision, which provides the updated, detailed <br /> life-of-mine plans for the mining, reclamation, and related operations for the Yoast Mine past the <br /> existing five-year permit term. The application was submitted by Seneca Coal Company(SCC), and <br /> the mine will be operated by SCC. The mine is located on Federal, State and privately owned lands <br /> within Routt County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands included within the permit area <br /> is: <br /> Township 6 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian <br /> Section 28: Portions of NW'/4,NW'/4SWY4,SW'/4NE'/4 <br /> Section 29: Portions of SE'/4 <br /> Section 32: Portions of NW'/4NE'/4,W'/2E'/2 <br /> Township 5 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian <br /> Section 5: Portions of W'/2E'/2 <br /> Section 8: NW'A, SW'/4, W'/2NE'/4, W'/2SE'/4 <br /> Section 16: SW'/4NWIA, NW'/4SW'/4, and portions <br /> of SW'/4SW'/4, NW'/4NW'/4, SE'/4NWIA, <br /> NE'/4SW'/4, NW'/4SE'/4 <br /> Section 17: All <br /> Section 18: NE'/4SE'/4, S'/2SE'/4 <br /> Section 19: E'/2 and portions of E'/2W1h <br /> Section 20: SW'/4NW'/4, N'/2NW1/4, W'hSW'/4, and <br /> portions of N'/2NE'/4 <br /> Section-29: NW'/4NW'/4 <br /> Section 30: NI/2NE'/4 <br /> The proposed permit area encompasses 2318.3 acres, of which 912.1 acres are planned to be <br /> disturbed by surface operations. Ownership of the surface by private, Federal and State interests is <br /> 1939.6, 320, and 58.7 acres, respectively. Seneca Coal Company plans to mine 392.5 acres of <br /> federally owned coal and 97.2 acres of privately owned coal. <br /> Yoast Mine 1 October 19, 1999 <br />