PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Moffat County Mining, LLC (MCM), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek,
<br />Colorado 80467, has submitted an application for renewal (RN18-07) of the existing
<br />active Mining and Reclamation Permit (Permit Number C-81-044) for the Williams Fork
<br />Mines.
<br />The mine permit area encompasses approximately 6,361 acres, located approximately 6-7
<br />miles south of Craig, Colorado on both sides of State Highway 13. The Mine is under
<br />"Active" permit status due to ongoing reclamation work initiated in late -2016. The Mine
<br />Permit Area is covered by the Round Bottom and Castor Gulch, Colorado USGS 7.5 -
<br />minute quadrangle maps and includes approximately four miles of State Highway 13,
<br />beginning in the SW'/SW'/ Section 21, T6N, R91W, and extending through portions of
<br />Sections 20, 29, 30, and 31 of T6N, R91 W, and Section 6, T5N, R91 W. The ownership,
<br />precise location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit Area are identified on pages
<br />2.03-22 through 2.03-31, 2.03-34, and Maps 1 and 2 of the Permit Application Package
<br />(PAP), which is available for review in the Moffat County Clerk and Recorders Office.
<br />The Permit Area encompasses all or portions of T5N, R91W, Sections 4, 5, 6, and 8;
<br />T6N, R91W; Sections 17, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33; T5N, R92W, Section 1;
<br />and T6N, R92W, Sections 25, 26, 35, and 36.
<br />Copies of the PAP (less confidential materials) are available for inspection at the above
<br />company address and the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy
<br />of the Permit Renewal application is also available for public inspection at the:
<br />Office of Clerk and Recorder
<br />Moffat County
<br />221 West Victory Way
<br />Craig, Colorado
<br />Written comments or objections to the Permit renewal application; a request for informal
<br />conference summarizing the requestor's issue(s) and indicating whether or not the
<br />requestor desires the conference to be held in the mine locale; or a request for a public
<br />hearing (held in the mine locale) to determine whether the interests of the public and
<br />affected landowners will be protected (re: proximity of mining operations to public roads)
<br />should be submitted to the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
<br />Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within thirty
<br />days of the last date of publication of this notice.
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