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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 />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br /> Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br /> Governor
<br />February 9, 2010 Harris D. Sherman
<br /> Executive Director
<br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Colorado/Gunnison Basin Office Division Director
<br /> Natural Resource Trustee
<br />400 Rood Avenue, Room 142
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563
<br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994-082)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 3 (RN-3)
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 8, 2010, an application to renew an
<br />existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Yoast Mine was considered complete for the purposes of
<br />filing. Seneca Coal Company has submitted an application for successive renewal (RN-3) for the mining and
<br />Reclamation permit for the Yoast Mine (Permit # C-1994-082). All review and comment periods as provided in
<br />the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC proposes to continue Surface coal mining and/or reclamation operations on land
<br />located approximately 7 miles Southwest of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />T6N, R87W, Portions of Sections 28, 29 and 32
<br />T5N, R87W, All of Section 17; Portions of Sections 5, 8, 16, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Dunckley and Mount
<br />Harris.
<br />A copy of the renewal application is available for public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson
<br />Avenue, Hayden, CO 81639-1813, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written
<br />comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice
<br />in the Steamboat Pilot. If you have questions, please contact me at the Division's Grand Junction Field Office,
<br />(970) 242-5025.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Daniel T. Mathews
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />DTM/Ahd
<br />Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation
<br />Denver - Grand Junction - Durango
<br />Office of
<br />Active and Inactive Mines
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