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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 />COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />December 1, 2008 Bill Ritter, Jr <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Roy Karo Executive Director <br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC Ronald W. Cattany <br />37796 Routt County Road 53 Division Director <br />P.O. BOX 670 Natural Resource Trustee <br />Hayden, CO 81639 <br />Re: Seneca II Mine (Permit No. C-1980-005) <br />Bond Release Application No. 4 (SL-4) <br />Dear Mr. Karo: <br />We have received your application, proof of publication, and copies of written notices concerning bond <br />release at the Seneca II Mine. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by Rule <br />3.03.2(1) regarding bond release applications and contents, have been submitted. Thus, your application. <br />has been deemed complete for the purposes of filing on December 1, 2008. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this date of <br />filing. <br />If you are a permittee of a federal mine, and you have not yet done so, please submit a copy of your bond <br />release application to: Jim Fulton, U.S. Office of Surface Mining, P.O. Box 46667, Denver, CO 80201- <br />6667. <br />The staff is currently reviewing your bond release application to determine whether the items you have <br />submitted are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Division <br />will plan to conduct an inspection next year when the weather conditions allow visible access to the area. <br />You will be contacted by the Division to notify you of the scheduled inspection, which you may elect to <br />attend. The Division will issue a proposed decision on the release application within 60 days of the <br />inspection. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />ZSfi Daniel T. Mathews <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />DTM/Ahd <br />M \0SC\AdV V' QI 01_('1980005-DIM- 1 901 0008 0105 9 1 d - - <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines