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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal Company (TCC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado
<br />80467, has submitted an application for Technical Revision (TR) of the Foidel Creek
<br />Mine, Permit Number C-82-056. The revision (TR09-68) addresses Interim Phase III
<br />development plans for the Western Mining District.
<br />The mine permit area encompasses approximately 22,447 acres, located approximately 23
<br />miles southwest of Steamboat Springs on County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles
<br />northwest of Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface
<br />facilities are located adjacent to Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads.
<br />The mine permit area is covered by the Cow Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak
<br />Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps. The lands affected by
<br />the proposed revision include portions of Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20, T5N, R86W; and
<br />portions of Sections 13, 22, 23, and 24, T5N, R87W; which are owned by, or for which
<br />TCC has specific related rights for access and surface development. The Mine Permit
<br />Area includes all or portions of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except
<br />Sections 34 through 36; and Sections 13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through
<br />36, T5N, R87W. The ownership, precise location, and boundaries of lands within the
<br />Permit are identified on pages 2.03-13 through 2.08-18 and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1, and
<br />Map 1, of the Mine Permit Application Package (PAP), and are included in this public
<br />notice by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Technical Revision application, (less
<br />confidential material) are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the
<br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy of the Technical
<br />Revision application is also available for public inspection 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 the Technical Revision application should be
<br />submitted to the State of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313
<br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within ten days of the last
<br />date of publication of this notice.
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