2010-02-09_REVISION - C1994082 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/9/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Routt County Planning Department & Routt County Commissioners
• Type & Sequence: RN3
• Email Name: DTM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
February 9, 2010
Routt County Planning Department
Planning Director
P.O. Box 773598
Steamboat Springs, CO 80477
Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994082)
Permit Renewal Application No. 3 (RN-3)
Dear Routt County Planning Department:
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 8, 2010, an application to renew an
existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Yoast Mine was considered complete for the purposes of
filing. Seneca Coal Company has submitted an application for successive renewal (RN-3) for the mining and
Reclamation permit for the Yoast Mine (Permit # C-1994-082). All review and comment periods as provided in
the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
Seneca Coal Company, LLC proposes to continue Surface coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land
located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
T6N, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32
T5N, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Dunckley and Mount
Harris.
A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Commissioners, P.O. Box
773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477. To provide written comments, or request an infonnal conference, contact
the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203,
[phone], within thirty days (30) after the last public notice in the Steamboat Pilot. If you have questions
please contact me at the Division's Grand Junction Field Office, [phone].
Sincerely,
Daniel T. Mathews
Environmental Protection Specialist
DTM/Ahd
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