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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION ?F R?Cl?4MATI?N, MINING ANA ?A??TY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />? 3? 3 Sherman 5t., Roam ? ? ?
<br />Denver, Colorado ?a203
<br />Phone; ?3a3? 86b-??67
<br />FAX: (3a3J 83?-8? ab
<br />June I ?, 2009
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<br />DIVISION 0?
<br />R?CIrAMATI?N
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<br />5A11rTY
<br />dill Ritter, ]r.
<br />Jennifer Maiolo Cover?ar
<br />U,S. bureau ofLand Management Harris D. Sherman
<br />Little Snalce l? field office Executive Director
<br />??? Emerson St. Ronald Il1l. Cattany
<br />Crdlg, ?? $??? Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re; Seneca R- dine ??ermit No? ?-1952-07}
<br />Technical Revision Application iVo? G4 (TR-G4}
<br />Termination wildlife 11?onitaring
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<br />Dear Ms. Maiola:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title ?4, ,Article 33, Section 1 i ?,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 12, 2009, an application to revise coal mining operativn? at the
<br />Seneca II-w Mine was considered complete far the purposes of filing. The revision was subnutted by Seneca Coal Company,
<br />LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate fxom this date of filing,
<br />This revision application would allow for termination of the wildlife rnanitoring program at the Seneca iZ west Mine, based on
<br />the fact that active muting operations have ceased and future activity will be lirrtited to maintenance and reclamation projects.
<br />The surface coal ininirlg operation is an land located appraxirnately 9 miles South of I?ayden, Colorado. The permit area is
<br />further described as follows:
<br />TSN, RS$w; All of Section 1 ?; Porkians of Sections 9,10,11,14, I6, 21, 22, ?3, 26, 27, 34, and 35
<br />T6N, R88w; Portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24
<br />T6N, R87w;Portions of Sections 17,18,19
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are spawn on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Hayden, l?ayden Gulch, 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 cagy of this application at the Hayden Public Library,
<br />ZQ 1 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, CD 51639-1513, and at the Division office, l?or additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact doe Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room ? 15,131 ? Sherman Street, Den?rer, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303} 866-3567. Jn order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen
<br />(15} days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns
<br />with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal,
<br />Please call nee im Grand Junction at (979} 24?-5025 ifyou have any questions.
<br />Sincerely, .
<br />,?
<br />Daniel T. Mathews
<br />Enviranmentall?rotection Specialist
<br />DTMIAhd
<br />office of office of
<br />Mined hand Reclamation Denver ? Grand iun?#ion • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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