2010-06-28_REVISION - C1980005 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 6/28/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: PR2
• Email Name: DTM
• Email Name: SB1
• 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]
June 28, 2010
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Steamboat Springs Field Office
1475 Pine Grove Rd, Suite 201 A
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-8803
Re: Seneca II Mine.(Permit No. C-1980-005)
Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
Seneca H Reduced Permit Area
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
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 June 28, 2010, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the Seneca H Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and
comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
This revision application proposes a reduction in size of the Seneca 11 permit boundary. The proposed reduction is
to accommodate the new Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM) permit area, which will incorporate approximately 3,
011.9 acres of the original Seneca H permit area. The revised Seneca H permit area will retain 386.5 acres of the
original permit area that includes 271.0 disturbed acres. The revised Seneca H mine permit boundary encompasses
one isolated watershed and separates runoff from the Seneca H mine and the new PSCM permit area. The
watershed discharges to pond 008, which is an approved NPDES discharge point. Proposed changes to the current
permit boundary and associated changes to the operations and reclamation plans are set forth in a new volume to
the permit application package titled "Permit Revision (PR-02) reduced permit area.
This revision application proposes a reduction in size of the Seneca H permit boundary. The proposed reduction is
to accommodate the new Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM) permit area, which will incorporate approximately 3,
011.9 acres of the original Seneca 11 permit area. The revised Seneca U permit area will retain 386.5 acres of the
original permit area that includes 271.0 disturbed acres. The revised Seneca U mine permit boundary encompasses
one isolated watershed and separates runoff from the Seneca 11 mine and the new PSCM permit area. The
watershed discharges to pond 008, which is an approved NPDES discharge point. Proposed changes to the current
permit boundary and associated changes to the operations and reclamation plans are set forth in a new volume to
the permit application package titled "Permit Revision (PR-02) reduced permit area.
The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as follows:
T5N, R87W; All of Sections 1, 2 and 12; Portions of Sections 3, 11 and 13
T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 27, 34, 35 and 36
T5N, R86W; Portions of Sections 6 and 7.
Office of Office of
Minpd 1 and R.A-tinn