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10705 -1 <br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety proposes to Approve Technical Revision Ap- <br />plication No. 65 (7R -65) for. the Seneca II -W Mine <br />(Permit No. C- 1982 -057, submitted by Seneca Coal <br />Company, LLC. This revision would allow for termi- <br />nation of the currently approved annual revegetation <br />monitoring program as the operator initiates statisti- <br />cally valid sampling within logical reclamation blocks <br />for Phase 2 and.Phase 3 bond release demonstra- <br />tions of revegetation success. <br />The Seneca II -W Mine is a surface coal mine located <br />in Routt County, approximately 9 miles south of Hay- <br />den, Colorado. Coal interest is Federal, and the sur- <br />face affected is Federal, state and private land. The <br />permit area encompasses approximately 4,093.00 <br />acres, <br />This proposed decision is based on a finding that the <br />proposed operation will comply with ail requirements <br />of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation <br />Act, Section 3433 101, et seq., C.R.S., and the reg <br />lations promulgated thereunder. <br />Copies of the proposed decision, including stipula- <br />tions, are on file for public inspection at the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room <br />215, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Den- <br />ver, Colorado 80203. Persons with an interest that <br />may be adversely affected by the proposed decision <br />may request a formal hearing before the Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board on the proposed decision. Such <br />request must be made within ten (10) days of the ini- <br />tial publication of this notice, must be in writing, and <br />must state with reasonable specificity the reasons for <br />the request and the objections to the proposed deci- <br />sion. <br />Published in The Steamboat Pilot & Today <br />Publication Date: November 8, 2009 <br />10203056 <br />