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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 2t S <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />July 29, 2005 <br />Roy Karo <br />Seneca Coal Company <br />P.O. Box 670 <br />Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />RE: Annual Reclamation, Revegetation, and Wildlife Reports for 2003 and 2004 <br />Seneca II-W Mine, Permit C-1982-057 <br />Dear Mr. Karo: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />MIN SRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLA MATION•MIN ING <br />SAEETY•SCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cottony <br />Division DireLTar <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />The Division has completed our final review of the 2003 Annual Reclamation, Revegetation, <br />and Wildlife Reports, and we have completed an initial review of the 2004 Annual <br />Reclamation, Revegetation, and Wildlife Reports. Completion of the 2003 reports review <br />was based on responses included in your response letter of November 18, 2004. 2004 <br />reports included the Annual Reclamation Report and Revegetation Monitoring Report <br />submitted March 31, 2005, and the 2004 Shrub Concentration Area Monitoring Report <br />dated April 8, 2005. <br />Enclosure 1 includes our final review comments on the referenced 2003 Annual Reports. <br />Enclosure 2 includes our initial review comments on the referenced 2004 Annual Reports. <br />Please provide substantive comments to 2004 Annual Report Review Items 9 and 10 <br />regarding post-grade sampling by August 19, 2005. Based on our review of the initial <br />submittal, we believe enforcement action may be warranted due to apparent instances of <br />non-compliance with the approved sampling and remediatian plan. We will defer <br />enforcement pending our review of your prompt response to the identified concerns. Please <br />respond to the remaining items of concern by September 19, 2005. Feel free to contact me <br />if you have any questions. ~~ <br />Sincerely, <br />Daniel T. Mathe <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />C: Denver File <br />nu:~e ..f <br />Colorado <br />