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SECTION I — HISTORY <br />The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is an underground mine located in Routt County, approximately <br />9 miles southeast of the town of Hayden, Colorado. The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is an active <br />underground mine using continuous miners for entry and development work. The permit area <br />encompasses approximately 10,164 acres, of which 1,766.4 acres were previously disturbed and <br />portions reclaimed by Seneca Coal Company (SCC) under the Seneca II Mine (CDRMS permit <br />C- 1980 -005). The total disturbed acreage approved to be disturbed by PSCM is 1,912.80 acres <br />including previously disturbed portions. <br />The permit area varies in elevation from 6,600' to 7,800' with the portal openings at 6,690' <br />along Little Grassy Creek. The main mine facilities lie in Sections 2 and 3, Township 5 North, <br />Range 8 West and Sections 27, 34, and 35, Township 6 North, Range 87 West of the 6t' <br />Principal Meridian and are located adjacent to an active surface mine excavated originally by <br />Seneca Coal Company's (SCC) surface mining operation (Permit No. C- 1980 -005). <br />The post- mining land uses are rangeland, recreational use, and wildlife habitat. <br />Permit (C- 2009 -087) <br />- Division issues Permit C- 1982 -056 August 20, 2010 <br />This Midterm Review is due on February 18, 2013. <br />SECTION II — REVISIONS TO THE PERMIT <br />The following is a summary of the revisions to the permit since the initial Findings Document <br />dated May 7, 2010. <br />Revision No. <br />Approval Date <br />Nature of Revision <br />Bond <br />MR -01 <br />10/26/2010 <br />Addition of Monitoring Well <br />+ 1,754.00 <br />MR -02 <br />04/27/2011 <br />Temporary Diesel Fuel and <br />+$441.65 <br />Ammonium Nitrate Tanks <br />MR -03 <br />06/16/2011 <br />Minor Disturbance Boundary Re- <br />No Change <br />Alignment and Well Permit <br />Insertion <br />MR -04 <br />07/24/2011 <br />Geotechnical Investigation <br />+$498.28 <br />MR -05 <br />09/08/2011 <br />Septic System Test Pit <br />+$4,421.81 <br />MR -06 <br />10/28/2011 <br />Public Coal Sales <br />No Change <br />MR -07 <br />02/28/2012 <br />Location of Septic System <br />+$4,282.43 <br />MR -08 <br />04/24/2012 <br />Fuel Station Details and Well <br />+$1,304.27 <br />Permit Insertion <br />MR -09 <br />05/08/2012 <br />2012 Exploration Program <br />+ $32,228.14 <br />MR -10 <br />06/08/2012 <br />Geotechnical Study <br />+$389.49 <br />MR -11 <br />08/27/2012 <br />Dewatering Well <br />+$8,485.63 <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine -3- 2/20/2013 <br />