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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII • • <br />999 STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depa«ment of Naluml Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denier, Colorado 80203 DIVISION D E <br />Phone: 13031 866-3567 MINERAL 5 <br />FAX: 1703) 832-8106 & <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />November3Q 1999 MINING•SAFETY <br /> <br />Phil Hegeman Bill Owens <br />governor <br />Colorado Department of Health Greg E. Walther <br />Water Quality Control Division Permit Section Eeecutive Direcwr <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Michael B. Long <br /> Division Director <br />Denver, CO 80222-1530 <br />Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 5 (PR-5) <br />Northern Mining District Permit Revision <br />Dear Mr. Hegeman: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 29, 1999, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Foidel Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment <br />periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />This revision proposes the next 5 year mine plan, in a area referred to as the Northern Mining District. This <br />proposed expansion calls for room and pillar mining and longwall mining. No new surface disturbance is <br />proposed with this revision, other than that associated with underground mine subsidence. The mine plan proposes <br />to affect the Fish Creek and it's associated alluvial valley floor. The mine expansion will add 2779.2 acres of <br />affected area. <br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat <br />Springs, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />In portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, T4W, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W; Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 <br />and 36 in TSN, R87W; and all ofTSN, R86W with the exception of Sections 34, 35, and 36. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte. <br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Courthouse, Box 773598, <br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information, to provide written <br />comments, or to request an informal conference, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the <br />Steamboat Pilot. <br />Sincerely, <br />Janet H. Binns <br />nvi onmen[al Protection Specialist <br />JHB~JlC C~PRAf CI98:Of61Ha 199VIUO ]5'_15 AMdx <br />