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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal Company (TCC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado
<br />80467, has submitted an application for Technical Revision (TR) of the Foidel Creek
<br />Mine, Permit Number C-82-056. The revision (TR09-66) addresses construction,
<br />operation, and reclamation of the 18-Left Ventilation Shaft Installation.
<br />The mine permit area encompasses approximately 22,447 acres, located approximately 23
<br />miles southwest of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road 33, and approximately 7.3
<br />miles northwest of Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface
<br />facilities are located adjacent to Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads.
<br />The mine permit area is covered by the Cow Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak
<br />Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps. The lands affected by
<br />the proposed revision are located in the NW/4SE'/, Section 23, T5N, R87W. TCC
<br />controls the coal in this area, and has related development rights for the surface, which is
<br />owned by Cross-Mountain Ranch, LLC. The Mine Permit Area includes all or portions
<br />of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except Sections 34 through 36; and
<br />Sections 13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, T5N, R87W. The
<br />ownership, precise location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified on
<br />pages 2.03-13 through 2.08-18 and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1, and Map 1, of the Mine Permit
<br />Application Package (PAP), and are included in this public notice by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Technical Revision application, (less
<br />confidential material) are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the
<br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy of the Technical
<br />Revision application is also available for public inspection at the:
<br />Office of Clerk and Recorder
<br />Routt County
<br />552 Lincoln Avenue
<br />P.O. Box 773598
<br />Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477
<br />Written comments or objections to the Technical Revision application should be
<br />submitted to the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety
<br />(CDRMS), 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within ten
<br />days of the last date of publication of this notice. The proposed activities would occur
<br />within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way of Routt County Road 27, at a location
<br />approximately 1.7 miles north of its intersection with Routt County Road 37. A public
<br />hearing to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners will be
<br />protected can be requested by contacting the CDRMS in writing within 30 days after the
<br />last publication of this notice. If a hearing is requested, it would be held in either
<br />Steamboat Springs or Hayden, both of which are in the vicinity of the proposed
<br />operations.
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