REV90595

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/19/2005
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DMG
• To: Steamboat Springs Field Office
• Type & Sequence: TR40
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SC, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 19, 2005
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Steamboat Springs Field Office
1475 Pine Grove Rd, Suite 201A
Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-8803
Re: Seneca I[ Mine (Permit No. C-1980.005)
Technical Revision Application No. 40 (TR-40)
Vegetation Evaluation Procedures for Phase III Bond Release
Dear Sir or Madam:
7LORADO
V[ 5[ O N O F
IN SRALS
EOLOGY
EAFETT•SCIENeE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Din>ctor
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Dimctor
Naturzl Resource Tmstee
The Division of Minemis and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Tiile 34, Article 33, Section l 16, Pamgmph 4,
of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 19, 2005, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Seneca 11
Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Seneca Coa( Company. All review
and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
This technical revision application addresses vegetation evaluation procedures for Phase III Bond Release.
The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The permit area is
further described as follows:
TSN, R87W; All of Sections I, Z and 12; Portions of Sections 3, 1 I and 13
T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 27, 34, 35 and 36
TSN, 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.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
publication of this notice, [he applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Hayden Public Library,
PO Box 1813, Hayden, CO 81639, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments,
contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In
order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this
letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections
to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,
Michael P. Boulay
Environmental Protection Specialist
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