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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal Company (TCC), 29515 Routt
<br />County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has
<br />submitted an application for Technical Revision (TR)
<br />of the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit Number C-82-056.
<br />The revision (TR09-66) addresses construction, oper-
<br />ation, and reclamation of the 18-Left Ventilation
<br />Shaft Installation.
<br />The mine permit area encompasses approximately
<br />19,940 acres, located approximately 23 miles south-
<br />west of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road
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<br />33, and approximately 7.3 miles northwest of Oak
<br />Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and
<br />major surface facilities are located adjacent to Foidel
<br />Creek, near the intersection of these two roads. The
<br />mine permit area is covered by the Cow Creek,
<br />Dunkley, Milner, Mount Hams, Oak Creek, and Rat-
<br />tlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps.
<br />The lands affected by the proposed revision are lo-
<br />cated in the NW/4SWIA, Section 23, TSN, R87W.
<br />TCC controls the coal in this area, and has related
<br />development fights for the surface, which is owned
<br />by TCC, the State of Colorado, and Cross-Mountain
<br />Ranch, LLC. The Mine Permit Area includes all or
<br />portions of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; TSN,
<br />R86W, except Sections 34 through 36; and Sections
<br />13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36,
<br />TSN, R87W. The ownership, precise location, and
<br />boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified
<br />on pages 2.03-13 through 2.08-18 and 2.03-22' and
<br />2.03-23.1, and Map 1, of the Mine Permit Application
<br />Package (PAP), and are included in this public notice
<br />by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Techni-
<br />cal Revision application, (less confidential materiaq
<br />are available for inspection at the mine office and the
<br />office of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Min-
<br />ing, and Safety. A copy of the Technical Revision
<br />application is also available for public inspection at
<br />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 Re-
<br />vision application should be submitted to the State of
<br />Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
<br />Safety (CDRMS), 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within ten days of the
<br />last date of publication of this notice. The proposed
<br />activities would occur within 100 feet of the outside
<br />right-of-way of Routt County Road 27, at a location
<br />approximately 1.7 miles north of its intersection with
<br />Routt County Road 37. A public hearing to deter-
<br />mine whether the interests of the public and affected
<br />landowners will be protected can be requested by
<br />contacting the CDRMS in writing within 30 days after
<br />the last publication of this notice. If a hearing is re-
<br />quested, it would be held in either Steamboat
<br />Springs or Hayden, both of which are in'the locality
<br />of the proposed operations.
<br />First publication date: March 15, 2009
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