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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br /> <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br /> <br /> <br />January 23, 2013 <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br /> <br />Governor <br /> <br />Roy Karo <br />Mike King <br /> <br />Executive Director <br />Seneca Coal Company, LLC <br /> <br /> <br />37796 Routt County Road 53 <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />P.O. Box 670 <br /> <br />Director <br />Hayden, CO 81639 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Yoast Mine (Permit No. C-1994-082) <br /> Technical Revision No. 52 (TR-52) <br /> TR-52 Requests land use change at Round-about area. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Karo: <br /> <br />We have received your technical revision application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado. Our initial <br />et <br />review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101 <br />seq. <br />, C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your application has been considered complete for the purposes of filing as of January <br />23, 2013. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />In regards to the proposed public notice submitted, one correction needs to be made. <br /> The paragraph under the owners of <br />record section of the notice indicates that no change in the land use is associated with this revision. Please update the wording of <br />this paragraph to indicate a change in the post mine land use is proposed with this revision. Once the notice has been updated, <br />please publish this advertisement as specified in Rule 2.08.4(6) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement <br />must be filed with the Division as soon as available after the publication date. <br /> <br />Coincident with the publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be filed for public inspection <br />with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent changes or additions to the application must <br />also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to the Division. <br /> <br />The Division is currently reviewing your revision application to determine whether the items you have submitted are adequate in <br />terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. In accordance with Section 34-33-116(5) of the Act, a proposed <br />decision approving or denying this application will be issued no later than March 24, 2013. <br /> <br />Your cover letter requests the 6.25 acre parcel be removed from the Yoast Mine permit area. The Division cannot release the <br />liability of this acreage through the technical revision process. If this revision is approved, Seneca Coal Company will have to <br />submit a bond release request for this acreage. If this parcel qualifies for Phase III bond release at that time, a subsequent <br />revision could be submitted to remove this acreage from the permit area. <br /> <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Jared Ebert <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br /> <br /> <br />Office of Office of <br /> <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />