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Introduction <br />This document is the decision package prepazed by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (Division) for a revision to the Foidel Creek Mine Permit C-1982-056. The <br />Division first issued Permit No. C-1982-056 to conduct surface coal mining and reclamation <br />operations at the Foidel Creek Mine for a period of five years on May 23, 1983. The permit has <br />been renewed every five yeazs since then. The current permit term, Permit Renewal Number 4, <br />expires on May 23, 2008. This document includes: 1) the proposed decision to approve the <br />Permit Revision No. 7 application; 2) a summary which includes a history of the review of the <br />permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation and a description <br />of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the Division has <br />made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Detailed information <br />concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining (Rules). <br />The operator of the Foidel Creek Mine is Twentymile Coal Company (TCC). TCC is owned by <br />Colorado Coat Resources, LLC (CCR). CCR is owned by Peabody Investments Corporation <br />(PIC). PIC is owned by Peabody Energy Corporation. <br />The mine is located on Federal, state and private lands within Routt County, Colorado located <br />approximately 22 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs. The legal description2 of the lands <br />included within the permit azea is as follows. The current description is not changed by this <br />permit revision. <br />Township 4 North. Ranee 86 West <br />NE'/oSection 7 (Lots 1 and 2 and part of Lot 3) <br />N''/z Section 8 (Lots 1 - 4) <br />N%zSection 9 (Lots 2-5) <br />Township 5 North, Range 86 West <br />Sections 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 All <br />W %z SW '/e Section 1 <br />S ''/z, NE '/a Section 2 <br />SE %z SE'/<, SW'/a Section 3 <br />S %z, NW '/a, S '/z NE'/a, NW '/4 NE'/a Section 4 <br />E'h NE'/a, SE'/a, SW'/a NE'/a Section 6 <br />S ''/z, NE'/4, E %z NW '/e Section 7 <br />S W '/4 S W '/4 Section 12 <br />W '/z W %z Section 13 <br />W %z NW ''/a, S W'/a Section 24 <br />N '/z NW %< Section 25 <br />N %z, S W Y< Section 26 <br />W ''/z, W '/z E %z, NE '/a NE '/< Section 33 <br />1 PAP, page 2.03-12, 12/11/06 <br />z Permit Application Package (PAP), pages 2.03-22 through 2.03-29 <br />1 <br />