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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 />February 8 2013 <br />Roy Karo <br />Seneca Coal Company LLC <br />37796 Routt County Road 53 <br />P O Box 670 <br />Hayden CO 81639 <br />RE Yoast Mine C 1994 082 <br />Technical Revision No 52 TR52 Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr Karo <br />COLORADO <br />ID IV I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />John W Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta Pineda <br />Director <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety Division received the above referenced <br />technical revision on January 18 2013 The revision was called complete for review on January 23 <br />2013 There are several items that will need to be addressed prior to the Division s approval of the <br />technical revision these items are discussed below <br />1 The Operator requested the Division remove the 6 25 acre parcel from the permit area The <br />Division can not release the liability for this parcel through the Technical Revision process The <br />revised page no 6 of Tab 22 needs to be updated The second to last sentence of the third <br />paragraph of this page states that Seneca Coal Company requested that the 6 25 acre area be <br />removed from the Yoast Mine permit area since the Yoast Mine no longer has control over the <br />land use of the area This portion of the sentence implies this acreage was removed from the <br />permit area It may be more appropriate to indicate that Seneca Coal Company intends to apply <br />for bond release of this parcel in the future or simply remove this portion of the sentence all <br />together to avoid confusion <br />2 The proposed Exhibit 22 3 submitted with the application needs to be revised to indicate the <br />boundary is not being changed only the post mine land use Please remove the New Permit <br />Boundary notation on this map <br />3 Exhibit 3 1 indicates Dennis A and Laurie L Hallenbeck own the surface of the 6 25 acres in <br />question Based on the letter submitted by Routt County it appears they have acquired 1 97 <br />acres within the 6 25 acres The cover letter for the revision indicates Seneca Coal Company <br />does not own or control any of the land within this 6 25 acre parcel For the remaining acreage <br />of this parcel not owned by Routt County the Division will require Seneca Coal Company to <br />submit documentation that the Landowner is aware of the proposed land use change and is in <br />agreement with this revision <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver Grand Junction Durango Active and Inactive Mines