PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has
<br />submitted an application for a Technical Revisions JR) to the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit Number C-
<br />82 -056. The revision (TR13 -83) addresses a modification to the existing approved mining plans to
<br />include initial development activities for the Wolf Creek Coal Seam reserve. These activities will
<br />specifically include development and placement of long -term support for a 3 -entry rock -slope access,
<br />development of up to six sets of gate -roads and bleeder entries to support future longwall development,
<br />and related ancillary activities, including underground dewatering activities and extension of mine
<br />ventilation and support systems.
<br />The mine permit area encompasses approximately 22,450 acres, located approximately 23 miles
<br />southwest of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles northwest of
<br />Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface facilities are located adjacent to
<br />Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads. The mine permit area is covered by the Cow
<br />Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute
<br />quadrangle maps. The lands affected by the proposed revision are located in Sections 8, 9, 10, 11, 14,
<br />15, 16, and 17, T5N, R86W; and surface owners for these areas include TC, the State of Colorado,
<br />Ashley Investments, LLC, and Camilletti & Sons. The Mine Permit Area includes all or portions of
<br />Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except Sections 34 through 36; and Sections 13, 22
<br />through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, T5N, R87W. The ownership, precise location, and
<br />boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified on pages 2.03 -13 through 2.08 -18 and 2.03 -22 and
<br />2.03 -23.1, and Maps 1 and 2, of the Mine Permit Application Package (PAP), and are included in this
<br />public notice by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Technical Revision application, (less confidential
<br />material) are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. Copies of the Technical Revision applications are also available for
<br />public inspection at the:
<br />Office of Clerk and Recorder
<br />Routt County
<br />552 Lincoln Avenue
<br />P.O. Box 773598
<br />Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477
<br />Written comments or objections to the Technical Revision application should be submitted to the State
<br />of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS), 1313 Sherman Street, Room
<br />215, Denver, Colorado 80203 -2273 within ten days of the date of publication of this notice.
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