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Midterm Review <br />Yoast D4ine <br />C-1994-082 <br />This document presents the results of the Division's Midterm Review for the Seneca Coal <br />Company's (BCC's) Yoast Mine permit. This Midterm Review was conducted to fulfill the <br />requirements of Rules 2.08.3, 2.06.2 (10), 2.06.3 (4), 2.06.5 (2), and 3.02(4). <br />Rule 2.08.3 requires that the Division conduct a review of each permit issued, prior to its <br />midterm. Based on this review, for good cause shown, the Division may require reasonable <br />revisions or modifications of the permit provisions to ensure compliance with the Act and the <br />Regulation. <br />Rules 2.06.2, 2.06.3, 2.06.5 and 2.06.7 require that experimental practices, mountaintop removal <br />variances, variances from approximate original contour (AOC), and variances from <br />contemporaneous reclamation, respectively, be reviewed by the Division where applicable <br />during the Midterm Review. <br />The Yoast Mine does not conduct experimental practices, nor have variances been granted for <br />mountaintop removal or approximate original contour. The Division has granted a vaziance from <br />contemporaneous reclamation (see Section ~. <br />Rule 3.02.2 (4) requires that the Division review the amount of performance bond liability and <br />the terms of acceptance of the bond every 2-'/2 yeazs. <br />This Midterm Review consists of a review of the Yoast Mine permit application and Findings <br />Document to identify items that may have been overlooked during the initial review. The <br />Division also reviewed all subsequent revisions and stipulation responses to ensure that all <br />permit commitments and conditions were being followed. Problems and observations from past <br />Division inspection reports were also considered. <br />SECTION I - ffiSTORY OF SITE <br />The Yoast Mine is a surface coal mining operation located in Routt County, approximately seven <br />- miles SSE ofthelown of-Hayden: The mine is one of three surface mines operated by BCC, <br />with Yoast situated aerially between the Seneca II and Seneca II West mines. The Yoast Mine <br />comprises 2318.3 permitted acres, consisting of a narrow comdor for the haul road which runs <br />approximately five miles south from Routt County Road 27 to the main body of the mine. <br />SCC submitted the original application for a new permit on 16 November 1994. The application <br />was deemed complete on 21 November 1994. By 10 Mazch 1995, the Division had received <br />comments from all the required agencies and entities and issued the permit effective 5 August <br />1995. <br />