2009-07-17_REVISION - C1982056

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 7/17/2009
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: County, State and Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR68
• Email Name: JHB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
July 17, 2009
Shina Duvall
Colorado Historical Society
The Colorado History Museum
Office Archeology & Historical Preservation
1300 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056)
Technical Revision Application No. 68 (TR-68)
Interim Phase III Development of Western Mining District
Dear Ms. Duvall:
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 16, 2009, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the Foidel Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
submitted by Twentymile Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Twentymile Coal Company proposes to extend development of the 18 Left and 17 Left gate roads to their western
extent in the Western Mining District. This revision does not propose any longwall mining.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat
Springs, Colorado. The area to be affected with this revision is within:
Portions of Sections 22, 23, 26 and 27 in Township 5 North, Range 87 West
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte and
Dunckley.
Because the above-referenced technical revision application will extend the mining development into a previously
unaffected area, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic
resources. No new surface disturbance or subsidence are anticipated with this revision.
In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have
your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "the proposed
operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing,
as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and
the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." Therefore, we request that you submit
comments regarding your concurrence with, concerns with, or objections to this proposal. In order that we may
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