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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br />OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS <br />BOARD OF LAND APPEALS <br />WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, ) IBLA No. 2016 - <br />Appellant ) Notice of Appeal, Twentymile Coal, LLC <br />Lease Modification, COC -54608, <br />EA #DOI-BLM-CO-2014-0044-EA, <br />Routt County, Colorado <br />OTICE OF APPEAL <br />Pursuant to 43 C.F.R. §§ 4.410, 4.411, and 4.413, WildEarth Guardians (hereafter, "Appellant") <br />hereby files this Notice of Appeal of a decision made by Bureau of Land Management (`BLM") Little <br />Snake Field Office Manager, Wendy Reynolds. Ms. Reynolds' decision authorizes a coal lease <br />modification that would add 310 acres and 340,000 tons of coal to lease number COC -54608. The lease <br />was applied for by Twentymiel Coal, LLC, a subsidiary of Peabody Energy, and would expand the Foidel <br />Creek mine in Routt County in northwestern Colorado. This decision is documented in a Decision <br />Record ("DR") and Finding of No Significant Impact ("FONSI") both signed by Ms. Reynolds on <br />December 31, 2015. The DR and FONSI rely on Environmental Assessment ("EA") Number DOI-BLM- <br />CO-20140-0044-EA. <br />Appellant will file a Statement of Reasons within 30 days in accordance with 43 C.F.R. § 4.412. <br />Respectfully submitted this 28h day of January 2016, <br />Xremy Nichols <br />Climate and Energy Program Director <br />1536 Wynkoop, Suite 301 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />(303) 437-7663 <br />'niclfols &wiideartii uardians.or <br />WildEarth Guardians Notice of Appeal of Twentymile Coal Lease Modification 1 <br />