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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal Company (TCC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has
<br />submitted an application for Technical Revision (TR) of the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit Number C-82-
<br />056. The revision (TR09-69) addresses construction, operation, and reclamation of the 6-Right
<br />Thickener Underflow Borehole and Pipeline Installation.
<br />The mine permit area encompasses approximately 19,940 acres, located approximately 23 miles
<br />southwest of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles northwest of
<br />Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface facilities are located adjacent to
<br />Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads. The mine permit area is covered by the Cow
<br />Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS 7.5 minute
<br />quadrangle maps. The lands affected by the proposed revision are located in the NW/4, Section 28,
<br />S/2, Section 29, and the N/2, Section 32, T5N, R86W. TCC controls the surface and coal in this area.
<br />The Mine Permit Area includes all or portions of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W,
<br />except Sections 34 through 36; and Sections 13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36,
<br />T5N, R87W. The ownership, precise location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified
<br />on pages 2.03-13 through 2.08-18 and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1, and Map 1, of the Mine Permit
<br />Application Package (PAP), and are included in this public notice by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Technical Revision application, (less confidential
<br />material) are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy of the Technical Revision application is also available for
<br />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 submitted to the State
<br />of Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS), 1313 Sherman Street, Room
<br />215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within ten days of the date of publication of this notice. The
<br />proposed activities would occur within 100 feet of the outside right-of-way of Routt County Roads 27
<br />and 33, at location immediately east and south of the intersection of these two roads. A public hearing
<br />to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners will be protected can be
<br />requested by contacting the CDRMS in writing within 30 days after the publication of this notice. If a
<br />hearing is requested, it would be held in either Steamboat Springs or Hayden, both of which are in the
<br />locality of the proposed operations.
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