2011-08-09_REVISION - C1980005 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 8/9/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: RN6
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
August 9, 2011
Assistant State Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
Grand Junction, CO 81506 -3904
Re: Seneca II Mine (Permit No. C- 1980 -005)
Permit Renewal Application No. 6 (RN -6)
Dear Sir or Madam:
Office of
Mined Land Reclamation
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
— &—
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
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 August 8, 2011, an application to renew an
existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Seneca II Mine was considered complete for the purposes
of filing. 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 9 miles Southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
T5N, R87W; Portion of Sections 1 and 12
T5N, R86W: Portion of Sections 6 and 7
T5N, R86W; Portions of Sections 6 and 7
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Milner and Mount Harris.
Seneca Coal Company has submitted an application for successive renewal of a valid existing permit to conduct
mining and reclamation activities in Colorado. This application does not include extensions of the permit area or
any activities within the permit area. No additional disturbance is requested for this permit area. The permit
renewal extends the permit term for another 5 years.
No additional surface disturbance is proposed as a result of this revision application. As a result, the Division does
not anticipate additional impacts to wildlife.
The applicant is required to publish notice in the Steamboat Pilot that this permit renewal application has been
deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of
this application at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, CO 81639 -1813, and at the
Division office.
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