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FA
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />7313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: 1303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8706
<br />December 3, 2003
<br />John Husband
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
<br />Little Snake Resource Area
<br />455 Emerson
<br />Craig, CO 81625
<br />Re: Seneca II-W Mine (Permit No. C-1982-057)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 45 (TR-45)
<br />Stipulation Responses
<br />Deaz Mr. Husband:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 1, 2003, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Seneca II-W
<br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Seneca Coal Company. All review
<br />and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The revision application provides information regazding temporary and permanent roads in iesponse to stipulations 31, 32, and
<br />33. The application also proposes modified postmine topographic contours for portions of the A Pit and B Pit reclamation
<br />areas.
<br />The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles South of Hayden. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />TSN, R88 W; All of Section 15; Portions of Sections 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34, and 35
<br />T6N, R88 W; Portions of Sections 14, 23 and 24
<br />T6N, R87W; Portions of Sections 17, 18, 19
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Hayden Gulch, Hayden Dunckley, &
<br />Mount Harris.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Routt County
<br />Courthouse, P.O. Box 773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to
<br />provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, or contact me at the Division s Grand Junction Office, 101 South 3'~, Suite 301, Grand
<br />Junction, CO 81501 (970) 242-5025. In order for us to comply with regulatory time fumes, we request that comments be
<br />submitted within frRcen (15) days of this letter. If no comments aze received by then, we will proceed on Ure assumption that
<br />you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicanPs proposal.
<br />Sincerely,/l_
<br />~~ r
<br />Dan T. Mathe s
<br />Envvonmental Protection Specialist
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />MINaRALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />RECLAMATION•M IN ING
<br />SAFETY•SQ EN CE
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Greg E. Walther
<br />Executive DirecTOr
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />DTM/Ahd
<br />Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation
<br />Office of
<br />Active and Inactive Mines
<br />Colorado
<br />Geological Survey
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