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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 />June 25, 2009
<br />Carl Johnston
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />P.O. Box 46667
<br />Denver, CO 80201-6667
<br />Re: Seneca II-W Mine (Permit No. C-1982-057)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 65 (TR-65)
<br />Termination of Revegetation Monitoring
<br />Dear Mr. Johnston:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S 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 June 24, 2009, 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 allow for termination of the currently approved annual revegetation monitoring program as the operator
<br />initiates statistically valid sampling within logical reclamation blocks for Phase 2 and Phase 3 bond release demonstrations of
<br />revegetation success.
<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, R8 8W; All of Section 15; Portions of Sections 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 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 shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Hayden Gulch, Hayden Duckley,
<br />Hayden, Dunckley, 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. For additional information or to provide written
<br />comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
<br />(303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments b-, 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 tol the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Daniel T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />DTM/Ahd
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