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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832.8106
<br />August 18, 2008
<br />Rob Ernst
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Little Snake Field Office
<br />455 Emerson St.
<br />Craig, CO 81625
<br />Re: Seneca II-W Mine (Permit No. C-1982-057)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 61 (TR-61)
<br />Revised Backfilling and Grading Schedule
<br />Dear Mr. Ernst:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V IS I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 18, 2008, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Seneca II-W Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Seneca Coal Company,
<br />LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This revision would modify the approved backfilling and grading schedule to extend the time frame for reclamation of certain
<br />ancillary facilities (mine entrance Road, Haul Road, "A", and the Shop Facility Site).
<br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles South of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is
<br />further described as follows:
<br />T5N, R88W; All of Section 15; Portions of Sections 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, and 35
<br />T6N, R8 8W; Portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24
<br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 17, 18, 19
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Hayden Gulch, Hayden, Dunckley and
<br />Mt. Harris.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Hayden Public Library,
<br />201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, CO 81639-1813, and at the Division office. Please provide any written comments to the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In
<br />order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this
<br />letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections
<br />to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />If you have any questions, please contact me at the Division's Grand Junction Field Office, (970) 242-5025;
<br />www.daniel.mathewsp,%ate.co.us.
<br />Since
<br />
<br />Daniel
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />DTM/Ahd
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