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PUBLIC NOTICE
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<br />Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC (SCCC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado, has
<br />submitted an application to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ( CDRMS) for a
<br />permit for the Peabody Sage Creek Mine, to conduct underground coal mining and related operations.
<br />The proposed mine permit area, encompassing approximately 10,164 acres, is located approximately
<br />nine miles south of the Town of Hayden, Colorado, off Routt County Road 27. The mine permit area
<br />is covered by the Milner, Mount Harris, Rattlesnake Butte, and Dunckley USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle
<br />maps. The general legal description for lands affected by the proposed Mine Permit Application
<br />Package (PAP) are located in Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4,
<br />5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, and 22; and Township 6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of
<br />Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36.
<br />The permit term applied for is five (5) years and will affect a small portion of the entire permit area.
<br />Surface and coal ownership within the proposed permit area include Sage Creek Holdings, LLC; the
<br />State of Colorado; and the U.S. Department of Interior (Bureau of Land Management). The ownership,
<br />precise location, and boundaries of lands within the permit area are identified in Section 2.03, and on
<br />Map 2.03 -M1, of the PAP, and are included in this public notice by reference.
<br />Some of the proposed activities would occur within 100 feet of the outside right -of -way of Routt
<br />County Road 27, at the intersection of Routt County Roads 27 and 27A, and continuing on to the north
<br />• on Routt County Road 27. A public hearing to determine whether the interests of the public and
<br />affected landowners will be protected can be requested by contacting the CDRMS in writing within 30
<br />days after the last date of publication of this notice. If a hearing is requested, it would be held in
<br />Hayden, which is in the locality of the proposed operations.
<br />Copies of the complete PAP (less confidential materials) are available for inspection at the mine office
<br />and the office of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy of the PAP is also
<br />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 mine permit application should be submitted to the CDRMS,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 -2273 within thirty days of the last date of
<br />publication of this notice. A public hearing to determine whether the interests of the public and
<br />affected landowners will be protected can be requested by contacting the CDRMS in writing within 30
<br />• days after the last date of publication of this notice.
<br />Figure 2.03.12 -F1 12/17/09
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