2010-02-09_REVISION - C1994082 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1994082
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/9/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• 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]
COLORADO
D I V I s 1 ON of
RECLAMATION
MINING
- SL-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
February 9, 2010 Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Jennifer Maiolo Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Natural Resource Trustee
Little Snake Field Office
455 Emerson St.
Craig, CO 81625
Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994-082)
Permit Renewal Application No. 3 (RN-3)
Dear Ms. Maiolo:
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 Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson
Avenue, Hayden, CO 81639-1813, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written
comments, or request an informal conference, contact the :Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone], within thirty (30) days after the last public notice
in the Steamboat Pilot. If you have questions, please contact me at the Division's Grand Junction Field Office,
(970) 242-5
Sincerely,
Daniel T. Mathews
Environmental Protection Specialist
C-M
O oe of - - Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines