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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 a Permit Revision (PR)
<br />to the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit, Permit Number
<br />C-82-056. The revision (PR09-08) modifies the per-
<br />mit to reflect the addition of recently leased Federal
<br />coal reserves, reflects extension of ongoing develop-
<br />ment (previously approved under PR06-07, TR07-63,
<br />and TR07-64) to the limits of the Western Mining Dis-
<br />trict (WMD); and addresses longwall mining of the
<br />WMD reserves
<br />The mine permit area currently encompasses ap-
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<br />of pIAg ' qn Co1t*
<br />IM R3. and approximately 7.3 miles northwest oi`
<br />Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices
<br />and major surface facilities are located adjacent to
<br />Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two
<br />roads. Additional coal reserves to be incorporated
<br />into the mine plan are located in TSN, R87W, Sec-
<br />tions 22, 27, and 34. New development in the WMD
<br />will be in TSN, R86W, Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20,
<br />and TSN, R87W, Sections 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
<br />34, and 35.
<br />The 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 Mine Permit Area includes all or portions of Sec-
<br />tions 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; TSN, R86W, except
<br />Sections 34 through 36; and Sections 13, 22 through
<br />24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, TSN, R87W.
<br />The ownership, Precise location, and boundaries of
<br />lands within the Permit are identified on pages
<br />2.03-13 through 2.08-18 and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1,
<br />and Map 1, of the Mine Permit Application Package
<br />(PAP), and are included in this public notice by refer-
<br />ence.
<br />With the exception of any confidential materials, cop-
<br />ies of the PAP, including the referenced Permit Revi-
<br />sion application, are available for inspection at the
<br />mine office and the office of the Colorado Division of
<br />Minerals and Geology. In addition, a copy of the
<br />Permit Revision application is available for public re-
<br />view at the:
<br />04ice of Clerk and Recorder
<br />Routt County
<br />552 Lincoln Avenue
<br />P.O: Box 773598
<br />Written comments or objections to this Permit Revi-
<br />sion application, or a request for informal conference
<br />summarizing the requestor's issue(s) and indicating
<br />whether or not the requestor desires the conference
<br />to be held in the mine locale, should be submitted to
<br />the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Min-
<br />ing, and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within 30 days of the
<br />last date of publication (published once per week for
<br />4 consecutive weeks) of this notice.. The proposed
<br />activities would occur under the right-of-way of Routt
<br />County Road 27, at a location extending from ap-
<br />proximately 0.25 miles north of its intersection with
<br />Routt . County Road 37, to the point where the road
<br />crosses the north edge of Section 23, TSN, R87W. A
<br />public hearing to determine whether the interests of
<br />the public and affected landowners will be protected
<br />can be requested by contacting the CDRMS in writ-
<br />ing within 30 days after the last publication of this
<br />notice. If a hearing is requested, it would be held in
<br />either Steamboat Springs or Hayden, both of which
<br />are in the locality of the proposed operations.
<br />Published in The Steamboat Pilot & Today
<br />First Publication Date: June 7, 2009
<br />Final Publication Date: June 28, 2009
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