2008-08-05_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1982056

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Twentymile Coal Company Amendment to Special Use Permit Permit No. PP2008-015 Exhibit 1 Proposal Summary: Special Use Permit No. PP2004-002, approved by the Board of County Commissioners on March 23, 2004, allows Twentymile Coal Company to haul a maximum average of 360,000 tons of coal per year over a five year period. The current permit period commenced on March 23, 2004 and runs through December 31, 2008. Under the Conditions of Approval, Specific Condition No. 11 states "The total trips per day, averaged monthly, shall not exceed a maximum of forty (40). If the number of round trips is going to exceed fifty (50) in any 24-hour period, Twentymile Coal Company shall contact the Routt County Planning Director for administrative approval. This approval shall be on an emergency temporary basis only." During the last thirty months, from January 2006 through June 30, 2008, approximately 464,650 coal tons (21,639 truck round trips) have been hauled from the mine load-out and north along County Road 27 to US Route 40. During this same time period, the average total truck trips per day were 24. The current permit allows TCC's Foidel Creek mine to haul 360,000 tons per year. While hauling 360,000 tons per year the total number of round trips per day, averaged monthly, shall not exceed a maximum of 40. The coal hauling hours will continue to be 24 hours per day, --except that_trnnk_haiilina_chall_not_oc.ciir.be.twee.n the ho-irs-of 7:n0_a.m. Ao_R_ 00 a._m: andl 4;n0_ _ P.M. to 5:00 p.m. These exception periods shall only apply on those days when school buses are using Routt County Road 27. The current SUP No. PP2004-002 is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2008. The requested renewal/extension to the permit will allow for a revised five-year truck hauling period commencing on January 1, 2009 and running through December 31, 2013. G:\Environmental\SUP\SUP PP2008-015 Renew PP2004- ?z 002\Exhibit 1 Ammendment to SUP PP2008-015.doc