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Summary <br /> The Review Process <br /> Twentymile Coal (TC), a subsidiary of Peabody Investments Corporation, submitted a permit <br /> renewal application (RN-08)for the Foidel Creek Mine. The Foidel Creek Mine is exclusively <br /> an underground coal mining operation located approximately 22 miles southwest of Steamboat <br /> Springs, Colorado in Routt County. Permit No. C-82-056 was issued on May 23, 1983, and has <br /> been renewed every five years since that date. <br /> For the current renewal RN-08, the Division notified TC by letter on August 1, 2022 that its <br /> permit for the Foidel Creek Mine would expire on May 23, 2023. The letter explained that, for <br /> operations to continue beyond that date, Section 2.08.5(3)(f)requires an application for renewal <br /> to be received on or before November 24, 2022. TC submitted a renewal application on <br /> November 17, 2022 and the application was found complete on November 18, 2022. TC <br /> published a notice of the application in the Steamboat Pilot, four consecutive weeks from <br /> December 1, 2022 through December 22, 2023. <br /> No objections regarding the application were received. The applicant violator system (AVS)was <br /> queried on December 14 2022, and resulted in a recommendation to approve this renewal. The <br /> applicant violator system (AVS)was queried again on August 2, 2023, and resulted in a <br /> recommendation to approve this renewal. <br /> On January 10, 2023, the Division sent an adequacy letter to TC requesting additional <br /> information with regards to portions of the permit. TC provided partial responses to the <br /> Division's adequacy letter in a letter received May 31, 2023. The Division sent a second <br /> adequacy letter to TC requesting additional information with regards to portions of the permit on <br /> June 9, 2023. TC provided responses to the Division's adequacy letter in a letter received July <br /> 18, 2023. The Division updated the Reclamation Cost Estimate on January 12, 2023 and <br /> incorporated revisions through issuance date 10/25/2022 (MR322). All adequacy concerns have <br /> been resolved; therefore, the Division proposes to approve the renewal application. <br /> Publication of this proposed decision initiates a thirty-day public comment period. Provided there <br /> are no objections to the decision, the proposed decision will become final at the close of the <br /> comment period. <br /> Foidel Creek Mine 4 August 4,2023 <br />