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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 C O L O RA D O
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<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 DIVISION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING
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<br /> SAFETY
<br />May 29, 2009
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Routt County Commissioners Governor
<br />County Commissioner Harris D. Sherman
<br />P.O. BOX 773598 Executive Director
<br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056)
<br />Permit Revision Application No. 8 (PR-8)
<br />Western Mining District Expansion
<br />Dear Routt County Commissioners:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 29, 2009, a permit revision application
<br />for a permit to conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-1982-056 by Twentymile Coal Company, was
<br />considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado
<br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
<br />Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The applicant proposes to expand its underground development mining and underground longwall mining
<br />operations into Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20 of T5N, R86W, and Sections 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, and 35 of
<br />T5N, R87W, 6th P.M., Routt County, Colorado. The applicant proposes to add 2,540 acres of new underground
<br />mining acreage, but proposes no addition of new permit area acreage. The applicant additionally proposes no new
<br />surface disturbance area acreage. Some surface areas overlying and immediately adjacent to the proposed
<br />underground mining acreage are expected to be affected by subsidence.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 23 miles Southwest of Steamboat Springs,
<br />Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />In portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, T4N, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W; Sections 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
<br />34, 35 and 36 in T5N, R87W; and all of T5N, R86W with the exception of Sections 34, 35, and 36.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte, Cow
<br />Creek, Dunckley, Milner, Mount Harris, and Oak Creek.
<br />A copy of the revision application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Commissioners. For
<br />additional information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567,
<br />within thirty (30) days after the last public notice in the Steamboat Pilot.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Janet H. Binns
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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