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Description of the Environment <br /> <br />Location of Permit Area <br /> <br />The Foidel Creek Mine is located approximately 22 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, in <br />Routt County, Colorado on lands within: <br /> <br />Township 4 North, Range 86 West <br />NE¼ Section 7 <br />N½ Section 8 <br />N½ Section 9 <br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West <br />Sections 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 All <br />W½ SW¼ Section 1 <br />S½, NE¼ Section 2 <br />SE½ SE¼, SW¼ Section 3 <br />S½, NW¼, S½ NE¼, NW¼ NE¼ Section 4 <br />SE¼, E½ NE¼, SW¼ NE¼ Section 6 <br />S½, NE¼, E½ NW¼ Section 7 <br />SW¼ SW¼ Section 12 <br />W½ W½ Section 13 <br />N½, SW¼ Section 24 <br />N½ NW¼ Section 25 <br />N½, SW¼ Section 26 <br />W½, W½ E½, NE¼, NE¼ Section 33 <br />Township 6 North, Range 86 West <br />S½ Section 32 <br />W½ SW¼, SE¼ SW¼ Section 33 <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West <br />S½ Section 13 <br />SE¼, E½ SW¼ Section 22 <br />Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 All <br />E½, E½ W½ Section 27 <br />NE¼ SE¼, E½ W½ SE¼ Section 34 <br />N½, N½ S½, N½ SE¼, N½ SW¼ Section 35 <br />N½, N½ N½ S ½ Section 36 <br /> <br />History of C-82-056 <br /> <br />Coal has historically been mined under other approved permits by surface methods on the dip <br />slopes, where overburden thickness allows for economic extraction within Twentymile Park <br />around its margins, and where folding has elevated a major coal seam within the basin. Foidel <br />Creek Mine is currently the only producing underground operation within Twentymile Park. The <br />mine is a longwall operation, using continuous miners for entry and development work only. <br /> <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> Foidel Creek MineOctober 8, 2013 <br /> <br />