Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />November 29, 2018 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Routt County Planning Department <br />Planning Director <br />P.O. Box 773598 <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056) <br /> Permit Revision Application No. 12 (PR-12) <br /> Wolf Creek Reserve LBA Development and Mining <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Routt County Planning Department: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 29, <br />2018, a permit revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C- <br />1982-056 by Twentymile Coal, LLC, was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All <br />review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act <br />and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining <br />initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />PR-12 proposes to include development and longwall mining of additional coal reserve within the <br />Wolf Creek Coal Seam associated with a Federal Coal Lease by Application (LBA) to the permit. <br />The LBA is within the current Foidel Creek Mine Permit Area and includes approximately 640 <br />acres and 4.12 million tons of recoverable coal. PR-12 proposes a 414.0 acre increase to the permit <br />affected area, and addresses mining all or portions of four longwall panels (1-East through 4-East) <br />within the Wolf Creek Reserve. The applicant is not proposing additional surface disturbance <br />outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 23 miles Southwest of Steamboat <br />Springs, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />