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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 />January 2, 2009 <br />Roy Karo <br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC <br />P.O. Box 670 <br />Hayden, CO 81639 <br />RE: Seneca II Mine (Permit No. C-1980-005) <br />Phase II Bond Release Application SL-3 <br />Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Karo: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N 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 has completed an initial adequacy review of the SL=3 bond release <br />application. We have identified several apparent deficiencies with respect to statistically <br />adequate demonstration of vegetation cover success, for Bond Release Block 4. The <br />deficiencies are significant, and would appear to warrant exclusion of Bond Release <br />Block 4 (BRB-4) from the SL-3 release area. <br />In addition to the three primary deficiencies, we have identified certain additional <br />concerns that need to be addressed within modifications to the SL-3 application, the <br />approved permit, and future Phase II/Phase III bond release applications. <br />Please review the enclosed adequacy concerns and supporting documentation, and <br />respond at your earliest convenience. Please contact me or Sandy Brown if you have any <br />questions; I will be on leave for much of January, and am not certain when I will be <br />available. <br />Sincerely, <br />Daniel T. Mathews <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />enclosures <br />C: Denver File w/enclosures <br />office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand )unction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines