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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 />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S ION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br /> Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br /> Governor
<br />August 7, 2009
<br /> Harris D. Sherman
<br /> Executive Director
<br />Assistant State Supervisor Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Division Director
<br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Natural Resource Trustee
<br />764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81506-3904
<br />Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 69 (TR-69)
<br />6 Right Thickener Underflow Borehole and Pipeline Project
<br />Dear Sir or Madam:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 6, 2009, an application to revise coal
<br />mining operations at the Foidel Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
<br />submitted by Twentymile Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Twentymile Coal Company proposes to install a Thickener Underflow Pipeline and borehole. The pipeline would
<br />extend from Wash Plant H to a previously disturbed area Southeast of RCR27 and RCR33. The Thickener
<br />borehole would be located at this site and would extend approximately 540 ft to the sealed EMD workings (6-
<br />Right). The Pipeline would be buried approximately 5 ft below the surface.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat
<br />Springs, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />In portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, T4N, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W; Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35
<br />and 36 in T5N, R87W; and all of T5N, R86W with the exception of Sections 34, 35, and 36.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte.
<br />The proposed affected area has previously been disturbed so no new surface disturbance is proposed as a result of
<br />this revision application. As a result, the Division does not anticipate additional impacts to wildlife.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in the Steamboat Pilot that this application has been deemed complete.
<br />At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
<br />the Routt County Clerk and Recorder, 136 6th Street, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office.
<br />For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and
<br />Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with
<br />regulatory time frames, we request that continents be submitted within ten (10) days of this letter.
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<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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