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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has
<br />submitted an application for a Permit Revision (PR) to the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit Number C-82-
<br />056. The revision (PRI5-11)addresses a revision to the existing approved mining plans to include
<br />development and mining of owned and leased coal reserves in the Wolf Creek Coal Seam. These
<br />activities will specifically include ongoing development and mining of six longwall panels (or partial
<br />panels), development of an internal (underground) ventilation and utility shaft, and related ancillary
<br />activities, including underground dewatering activities and extension of mine ventilation and support
<br />systems. This Permit Revision includes an addition to the Mine Permit Area of approximately 160
<br />acres.
<br />The current mine permit area encompasses approximately 22,450 acres, located approximately 23
<br />miles southwest of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles
<br />northwest of Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface facilities are
<br />located adjacent to Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads. The mine permit area is
<br />covered by the Cow Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS
<br />7.5 minute quadrangle maps. The lands affected by the proposed revision are located in Sections 9, 10,
<br />11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, T5N, R86W; and surface owners for these areas include TC, the State of
<br />Colorado, Ashley Investments, LLC, and Camilletti & Sons. The affected area under this Permit
<br />Revision will extend to within 100 feet of portions of Routt County Road 33 in the SE/4 and S/2 NE/4
<br />Section 14 and the NW/4 Section 13, T5N, R86W. 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 2.03-18 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 Permit Revision application, (less confidential material)
<br />are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining, and Safety. Copies of the Permit Revision application are also available for public inspection
<br />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 or any request for informal conference relative to the Permit Revision
<br />application, or any request for a public hearing (to be held in the local area, if requested) relative to
<br />proximity to a the public road right-of-way and potentially affected public or landowner interests,
<br />should be submitted to the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS),
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within thirty days of the last date of
<br />publication of this notice.
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