2008-05-12_REVISION - C1980005 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/12/2008
• Doc Name: Bond Release Application
• From: Seneca Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: SL3
• Email Name: DTM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

~N~,;,,,, Seneca Coal Company
May 9, 2008
Colorado Division of Wildlife
P.O. Box 775777
925 Weiss Drive
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
To Whom It May Concern;
Seneca Coal Company, (CDMG Permit No. C-80-005, approved September 23, 1981) intends to request release of
Phase II bond liability on 1,793.5 acres of its reclaimed lands at the Seneca II Mine. A surety bond in the amount
of $7,183,489 is currently in place of which $4,289,419 is being requested for release. Those portions of the mine
for which Phase II bond release is requested were topsoiled and revegetated from the beginning of mining through
2005 in accordance with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) rules and regulations.
The Seneca II Mine is located approximately nine (9) miles southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The specific area to
which this Phase II bond release request applies is included within the Permit Area located as follows:
TSN. R87W
Section 1: All
Section 2: All
Section 3: Portions of E'/zE'/a
Section 11: NE'/4, N'/zNW'/4, SE'/4NW'/4, NE'/<SE'/4, Portions of SE'/4SE'/<, and NW'/4SE'/a
Section 12: All
Section 13: N'/zN'/zN'/z
T6N. R87W
Section 27: Portions of SE'/4SW'/4, SW'/<SW'/4, SW'/4SE'/4, and SE'/aSE'/4
Section 34: E'/zE'/z, NW'/4NE'/<, Portions of NE'/<NW'/<, and SW'/<NE'/4
Section 35: W'/z, W'/zE'/z, Portions of SE'/4NE'/4, and E'/zSEYo
Section 36: Portions of S'/zS'/z
TSN. R86W
Section 6: W'/zW'/zSW'/<
Section 7: WYzNW'/<NW'/~, N'/zSW'/4NW'/+
All west of the 6~h Principal Meridian, totaling approximately 3,457 acres. The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps
for Milner and Mt. Harris contain the described affected area. A copy of the bond release application is available
for public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, Colorado 81639. Written
comments or objections or requests for public hearing or informal conference concerning this application may be
submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, 1313
Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273, [phone]. Comments must be received within
30 days of the last publication of this notice or within 30 days of the onsite inspection, whichever is later.
Sincere
Roy A. Karo
Reclamation Manager
Seneca Coal Company • P.O. Box 670 • Hayden, Colorado 81639
Telephone [phone] • FAX [phone]