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PUBLIC NOTICE Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has submitted an application for renewal (RN08) of the existing active Mining and Reclamation Permit(Permit Number C-82-056)for the Foidel Creek Mine. The mine permit area encompasses approximately 22,647 acres, located approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs on County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles northwest of Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface facilities are located adjacent to Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads. The Mine Permit Area includes portions of Routt County Roads 27, 33, and 37, and mining and related activities may occur under or within 100 feet of the portions of these roads within the Permit Area; RCR27 — from approximately 1-mile south of the entrance to Grassy Creek Ranch to approximately 1-mile south of the intersection of RCR27 and RCR33; RCR33 from the intersection of RCR33 and RCR179 to the intersection of RCR33 and RCR27; and RCR37 from the intersection of RCR37 and RCR27 to a point approximately 1.5-miles southwest where RCR37 enters the canyon of upper Fish Creek. The mine permit area is covered by the Cow Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps, and includes all or portions of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except Sections 34 through 36; and Sections 13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, T5N, R87W. The ownership, precise location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified on pages 2.03-13 through 2.08-18 and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1, and Map 1, of the Mine Permit Application Package (PAP), and are included in this public notice by reference. Copies of the PAP (less confidential materials) are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy of the Technical Revision application is also available for public inspection at the: Office of Clerk and Recorder Routt County 552 Lincoln Avenue P.O. Box 773598 Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 Written comments or objections to the Permit renewal application; a request for informal conference summarizing the requestor's issue(s) and indicating whether or not the requestor desires the conference to be held in the mine locale; or a request for a public hearing (held in the mine locale) to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners will be protected (re: proximity of mining operations to public roads) should be submitted to the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within thirty days of the last date of publication of this notice.