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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES David H. Gelches, Executive Director MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION DAVID C. SH EITON, Director Richard D. Lamm Governor September 25, 1984 Mr. Tom Wainwright Colorado Project Manager Peabody Coal Company 10375 E. Harvard Ave., Suite 400 Denver, CO 80231 Re: Wolf Creek Permit Revision Uear tor. Wainwright: D S E P 2 8 1984 T. J. WAINWRIGHT Peabody Coal Company (PCC) has requested a permit revision to the Seneca fI Mine, Permit No. C-005-80. The revision request proposes a change to the mining and reclamation plan for the Wolf Creek area and a scheduling change to the mine plan in the Wadge coal area. The change in the Wadge area proposes a • faster schedule than originally proposed. No other changes in the mining or reclamation plan are proposed and therefore it will not be discussed further. PCC proposes to increase the stripping depth to approximately 140 feet in the lJolf Creek area by extending the pits south and west of the currently approved area. Approximately 150 additional acres will be disturbed. All additional acreage is within the currently approved permit boundary. Surface and coal ownership belong to the state and are subleased to Peabody Coal Company. OSM has reviewed the permit revision request and they determined that the proposed revision does not affect the approved mining plan for Federal Coal Lease No. C-19885 (see Attachment A). Therefore, there was no OSM involvement in the review process. All environmental baseline data for the additional area was included in the original permit application with the exception of 40 acres that were not surveyed for archaeological resources. PCC conducted a survey in the area shown on Exhibit "5-1". A report is included in Table 5 of the permit revision. No cultural resources were observed within the previously unsurveyed 40 acres. The report was reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Officer {SHPO). Based on communication with them (see Attachment B), there will be no affect on cultural resources in the proposed permit revision area. However, as stipulated in the original permit if during the course of mining operations previously unidentified cultural resources are dls~^r°r _d, PCr shall insure that the site is not disturbed and that the • ^3i'~;'^ °i ..^r;a.~r cy~i~lai c.+ in t_y-p_ _f `_~'a Ya`1T al 7cn,_.=^ _r _._ _ Places Criteria 36 CFR, 60.4, in consultation with the SHPO. 423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado 80203 Tel. (303) B66-3567