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SEl��Z Conompany Seneca Coal Company <br />May 16, 2013 <br />Jared Ebert <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />'S®00 <br />G <br />1 101 <br />� esP <br />C�pill, <br />RE: Yoast Mine (Permit C- 1994 -082) <br />Technical Revision (TR -53), Response to Adequacy Review No.1 <br />Mr. Ebert, <br />Seneca Coal Company (SCC) has reviewed your adequacy issues, dated April 25, 2013, and has prepared <br />the following responses. <br />Tab 22, Reveutation Plan <br />The revision included an updated Exhibit 22 -1; Post - Mining Vegetation Map. There is a parcel of <br />land northeast of Pond 012 and north of the Undisturbed Island and Border Area that has been <br />previously designated as undisturbed land and has not been affected by the mining operation. On <br />the revised map this area has been shaded to correspond to a mined area to be revegetated to <br />Shrub Grassland and to be seeded with Seed Mix ]a. The map will need to be revised to indicate <br />this parcel is undisturbed. <br />Response: Map 22 -1 has been revised to indicate the undisturbed area northeast of Pond 012. <br />Tab 25, Bonding <br />2. Rule 2.05.4(2) (b) states that the reclamation plan in the permit must include a detailed estimate of <br />the cost of reclamation of the proposed operation required to be covered by a performance bond <br />with supporting calculations for the estimate. TR53 requested the entire Tab 25 be replaced with <br />the new text submitted with the application. The revised text does not comply with the above <br />referenced rule and should be updated. Please update the following: <br />a. Revise the introduction to Tab 25 to indicate the original bond was projected for the worst <br />case disturbance in 2004 and that the latest reclamation cost estimate was conducted by <br />the Division with Midterm Review No. 4 (MT4) and subsequently updated with TR53. <br />Response: Tab 25 has been revised <br />b. Similarly, page 8 of Tab 25 under Cost Summary section should be revised to indicate the <br />current estimate was updated with TR53. <br />Seneca Coal Company . P.O. Box 670 • Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />Telephone (970) 276 -5219 • FAX (970) 276 -5222 <br />