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iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />• <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Departmem of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51., Room :15 <br />Denver, Colorado 80?03 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX. (3031133'_-8105 <br />November 30, 1999 <br />DIVISION OF <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAFETY <br /> <br />Janet COles BJI Owens <br />covemor <br />Natural Areas Program Greg E. Walther <br />Parks and Outdoor Recreation Exer°""e Do-e"°' <br />1313 Sherman Stteet, Room 618 Michael B. Long <br /> Division DireUOr <br />Denver. CO 80203 <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 Ms. Coles: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I I8, <br />Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised StahJtes, 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 Northem 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[han [hat 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 of TSN, R86W with the exception of Sections 34, 3~, 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 />C <br />- -~ <br />Janet . Binns <br />Envir mental Protection Specialist <br />JHB/Jrc CPR-03 C198?0361HB 199911)0 ]SAB]AM.dx <br />