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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 (PR18-12) addresses a revision to the existing approved mining plans to include
<br />development and mining of additional coal reserves within the Wolf Creek Coal Seam Reserve
<br />associated with a Federal Coal Lease by Application. These activities will specifically include ongoing
<br />development and mining of all or portions of four longwall panels as part of the overall Wolf Creek
<br />Reserve mine plan. six longwall panels (or partial panels), and related ancillary activities, including
<br />underground dewatering activities and extension of mine ventilation and support systems. This Permit
<br />Revision will add approximately 640 acres and 4.12 million tons of recoverable coal reserves in the
<br />E'/2NE'/, NE'/SE'/, and N%zSE/SE% Section 22, and the N%z, N'/2S'/z, and N'/2SW'/SW'/ Section 23,
<br />T5N, R86W, all within the existing Foidel Creek Mine Permit Area.
<br />The current mine permit area encompasses approximately 22,607 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. Surface owners for the subject additional reserve area include Sage
<br />Creek Land and Reserves (a TC affiliate), the State of Colorado, and Wayne Hays. The affected area
<br />under this Permit Revision will extend to within 100 feet of portions of Routt County Road 33 in the
<br />SW'/ Section 14, the SEI/4 Section 22, and the NW'/ Section 23, T5N, R86W. The Mine Permit Area
<br />includes all or portions of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except Sections 34 through
<br />36; and Sections 13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, T5N, R87W. The ownership,
<br />precise location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified on pages 2.03-13 through
<br />2.03-18 and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1, and Maps 1 and 2, of the Mine Permit Application Package (PAP),
<br />and are included in this 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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