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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal Company (TCC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has
<br />submitted an application for a Permit Revision (PR) to the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit, Permit Number C-
<br />82-056. The revision (PR09-08) modifies the permit to reflect the addition of recently leased Federal coal
<br />reserves, reflects extension of ongoing development (previously approved under PR06-07, TR07-63, and
<br />TR07-64) to the limits of the Western Mining District (WMD); and addresses longwall mining of the
<br />WMD reserves
<br />The mine permit area currently encompasses approximately 19,940 acres, located approximately 23 miles
<br />southwest of Steamboat Springs on County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles northwest of Oak Creek
<br />on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface facilities are located adjacent to Foidel Creek,
<br />near the intersection of these two roads. Additional coal reserves to be incorporated into the mine plan are
<br />located in T5N, R87W, Sections 22, 27, and 34. New development in the WMD will be in T5N, R86W,
<br />Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, and T5N, R87W, Sections 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, and 35.
<br />The mine permit area is covered by the Cow Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak Creek, and
<br />Rattlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps. The Mine Permit Area includes all or portions of
<br />Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except Sections 34 through 36; and Sections 13, 22
<br />through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, T5N, R87W. The ownership, precise location, and
<br />boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified 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 Package (PAP), and are included in this public
<br />notice by reference.
<br />With the exception of any confidential materials, copies of the PAP, including the referenced Permit
<br />Revision application, are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the Colorado
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology. In addition, a copy of the Permit Revision application is available for
<br />public review 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 this Permit Revision application, or a request for informal conference
<br />summarizing the requestor's issue(s) and indicating whether or not the requestor desires the conference to
<br />be held in the mine locale, should be submitted to the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining, and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within 30 days of
<br />the last date of publication (published once per week for 4 consecutive weeks) of this notice.. The
<br />proposed activities would occur under the right-of-way of Routt County Road 27, at a location extending
<br />from approximately 0.25 miles north of its intersection with Routt County Road 37, to the point where the
<br />road crosses the north edge of Section 23, T5N, R87W. A public hearing to determine whether the
<br />interests of the public and affected landowners will be protected can be requested by contacting the
<br />CDRMS in writing within 30 days after the last publication of this notice. If a hearing is requested, it
<br />would be held in either Steamboat Springs or Hayden, both of which are in the locality of the proposed
<br />operations.
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