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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 />COLORADO
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 C
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 RECLAMATION
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING
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<br /> SAFETY
<br />June 30, 2009 Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br /> Governor
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<br />Routt County Commissioners
<br />y Harris Sherman
<br /> e Director
<br />Executive
<br />County Commissioner
<br /> Ronald W. Cattany
<br />P.O. Box 773598 Division Director
<br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 Natural Resource Trustee
<br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Permit No. C-2009-087)
<br />New Permit Application
<br />Dear Routt County Commissioners:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section
<br />118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 30, 2009, an application for a permit to conduct coal
<br />mining operations at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine, Permit No. C-2009-087, by Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC, was
<br />considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface
<br />Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for
<br />Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The applicant, Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC, proposes to conduct underground coal mining operations on land
<br />located approximately 9 miles south and east of Hayden. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21 and 22;
<br />and Township 6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Mount Harris, Milner,
<br />Rattlesnake Butte, and Dunckley.
<br />The applicant's proposal is for a new training and reclamation permit that would allow development of room-and-pillar
<br />underground mine workings and surface facilities, in advance of future long-wall workings that may be proposed in a
<br />subsequent revision to this new permit.
<br />A copy of the application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Courthouse. For additional
<br />information, to provide written comments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567, within thirty (30)
<br />days of the last publication of the public notice in the Steamboat Pilot.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Tevt,, /64
<br />Tom Kaldenbach
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />C-AP-035W9 47,IAK_06302009033445.doc Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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