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Ad#: 0000441716-01 NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION
<br /> Customer:DIVISION OF RECLAMATION&MINING, Thetypropose Colorado stoap of proveTe Technical
<br /> Revision
<br /> Ap-
<br /> plication proposes to approve Technical Revision Ap-
<br /> plication No.84(TR-84)for the Foidel Creek Mine
<br /> Your account number is:910007935 (Permit No.C-1982-056),submitted byTwentymile
<br /> Coal,LLC.Twentymile Coal,LLC.(TC)has submit-
<br /> ted a revised version of a technical revision applica-
<br /> P ROO F OF PUBLICATION tion to obtain approval for the construction,opera-
<br /> tion,maintenance and reclamation of a passive
<br /> water treament to treat excess mine water
<br /> STEAMBOAT PILOT&TODAY discharge•Generally,rthe excess mine water dis-
<br /> charge will be water resulting from progressive
<br /> dewatering of mine water accumulations in the
<br /> STATE OF COLORADO sealed and abandoned Wadge Seam mine workings
<br /> in the Eastern and Northern Mining District of the
<br /> Foidel Creek Mine.The proposed passive treat-
<br /> COUNTY OF ROUTT ment approach will consist of a series of four con-
<br /> structed treatment cells,which will include both
<br /> open water pond areas and shallow constructed
<br /> wetlands to provide physical,chemical and biologi-
<br /> I,Me Boyer,do solemn) swear that I am Associate cal treatment in both aerobic and anaerobic zones.
<br /> g Y y The revised submittal moved the location of the pro-
<br /> General Manager of the STEAMBOAT PILOT&TODAY, theSexisting6MNWatstem to an erStoaland rgeR servoe to einotherth of
<br /> SW 1/4 of Section 17 Township 5 North Range 86
<br /> that the same daily newspaper printed,in whole or in part West of the 6th Principal Meridian.he water treat-
<br /> ment system will discharge to the 6MN reservoir,
<br /> and published in the County of Routt,State of Colorado, but the 6MN resevoir is not proposed to discharge
<br /> with this revision.The planned passive treatment
<br /> and has a general circulation therein;that said newspaper system and associated structures will result in ap-
<br /> proximately 19.0 acres of new surface disturbance
<br /> on.1 acres of private land and 18.9 acres of State
<br /> has been published continuously and uninterruptedly in owned land.The passive treatment system is pro-
<br /> posed to remain in use as long as it is needed to
<br /> said County of Routt for a period of more than fifty-two provide treatment for mine water discharge.Once
<br /> discharge ceases,man-made discharge structures
<br /> consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication of the will be removed and modifications will be made to
<br /> the cell embankments to provide for flow through,
<br /> annexed led
<br /> al notice or advertisement;that said with the cells and associated n areas and
<br /> y � wetlands remaining as permanenentt h habitat enhance-
<br /> newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails ment features.
<br /> The Foidel Creek Mine is a/an underground coal
<br /> as a periodical under the provisions of the Act of March 3, mine located in Routt County,approximately 23
<br /> miles SW of Steamboat Springs,Colorado.Coal in-
<br /> terest is federal,state and private,and the surface
<br /> , Y + affected is federal,state and private land.The per-
<br /> mit area encompasses approximately 22,647.00
<br /> newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for acres.
<br /> publishing legal notices and advertisements within the This proposed decision is based on a finding that
<br /> the proposed operation will comply with all require-
<br /> meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. ments of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Recla-
<br /> mation Act,Section 34 33 101,et seq.,C.R.S.,and
<br /> the regulations promulgated thereunder.
<br /> That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was Copies of the proposed decision,including stipula-
<br /> tions,are on file for public inspection at the
<br /> published in the regular and entire issue of every number Colorado Division of Reclamation,Mining and
<br /> Safety,Room 215,Centennial Building,1313
<br /> of said daily newspaper for the period of 1 insertion;and Sherman Street,Denver,Colorado 80203.Persons
<br /> with an interest that may be adversely affected by
<br /> that the first publication of said notice was in the issue of the proposed decision may request a formal hearing
<br /> before the Mined Land Reclamation Board on the
<br /> said newspaper dated 6/21/2019 and that the last proposed decision.Such request must be made
<br /> within ten(10)days of the initial publication of this
<br /> notice,must be in writing,and must state with rea-
<br /> publication of said notice was dated 6/21/2019 in the issue sonable specificity the reasons for the request and
<br /> the objections to the proposed decision.
<br /> of said newspaper. Published in the Steamboat Pilot&Today June 21,
<br /> 2019 0000441716
<br /> In witness whereof,I have here unto set my hand this day,
<br /> 6/27/2019.
<br /> Meg Boyer,Associate General Manager
<br /> Subscribed and sworn to before me,a notary public in and
<br /> for the County of Routt,State of Colorado this day
<br /> 6/27/2019.
<br /> Jerilynn Medina,Notary Public
<br /> My Commission Expires: August 3,2020
<br /> JEMLYNNMEDINA
<br /> Ls1,kt t'4�L'. C.
<br /> CCOTA :p"�r�l'i.�t 91,*l
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