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permit area should have been 23,608.1 acres (23,048.1 + 560 acres). Then, TR51 reduced the
<br />permit acreage by 1,320 acres. During the review of TR51, the permittee submitted MR205 which
<br />should not have changed the permit acreage. When the Division approved MR205, the decision
<br />form indicated a permit area that was 1,320 acres less than the previously approved permit area.
<br />Subsequently the Division approved TR51 and reduced the permit area again by 1,320 acres.
<br />Given this, it appears the 1,320 acres was inadvertently reduced twice from the Division's records.
<br />When TR51 was approved, the permit acreage should have been 22,288.1 acres. Subsequently,
<br />with TR82, the Division approved a 160 acre increase in the permit boundary yielding a permit
<br />area of 22,448.1 acres (22,288.1 + 160 acres). PR -10 and PR -11 requested an approval of a new
<br />160 -acre increase in the permit area. By adding 160 acres to 22,448.1 acres, the total permit area
<br />should be about 22,608.1 acres. PR -10 and PR -11 indicates the permit area should be 22,607
<br />acres. The 1.1 difference in acreage is likely due to a rounding error. Given these findings, with
<br />the approval of PR -11, the Division increased the permit area in our electronic tracking system
<br />(20,100 acres) by 2,507 acres to account for the discrepancies discussed above (2,347 acres) and
<br />the new 160 acres proposed with PR-10/PR-11. With the approval of PR -11 the permit area was
<br />revised to be 22,607 acres. As PR -11 was approved prior to PR -10, it was not necessary to add an
<br />additional 160 acres to the permit area acreage as was originally requested with PR -10.
<br />Publication of this proposed decision initiates a thirty -day public comment period. Provided there
<br />are no objections to the decision, the proposed decision will become final at the close of the
<br />comment period.
<br />Description of the Environment
<br />Location of Permit Area
<br />The Foidel Creek Mine is located approximately 22 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, in
<br />Routt County, Colorado on lands within:
<br />Township 4 North, Range 86 West
<br />NE'/4 Section 7
<br />Nl/z Section 8
<br />N'/z 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 />WI/2 SW'/4 Section 1
<br />S1/2, NE'/4 Section 2
<br />SE'/2 SEI/4, SWI/4 Section 3
<br />SI/z, NWI/4, SI/z NEI/4, NWI/4 NEI/4 Section 4
<br />SEI/4, E%2 NEI/4, SWI/4 NEI/4 Section 6
<br />S%2, NEI/4, EI/2 NWI/4 Section 7
<br />S1/2 , SWI/4 Section 12
<br />Portions of the WI/2 Section 13
<br />Nl/2, S W 1/4Section 24
<br />Nl/2 NWI/4 Section 25
<br />Nl/2, S W 1/4Section 26
<br />W1/2, W1/2E 1/2, NEI/4, NEI/4 Section 33
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