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Permit Revision No. 4 (PR-04), Eastern Mining District (southern area), was approved April 20,
<br />1998. The revision approved continuation and expansion of mining in the southern portion of
<br />the EMD in portions of sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, and 29 T5N R86W.
<br />Permit Revision No. 5 (PR-05), was approved on June 28, 2000 and provided for extension of
<br />mining into the Northern Mining District in portions of the following Sections in TSN, R86W: 8,
<br />9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, and 22. The mine expansion area undermined and
<br />subsided portions of Fish Creek and its associated alluvial valley floor in sections 16, 15, 10 and
<br />11.
<br />Permit Revision No. 6 (PR-06), was approved on May 21, 2004. Permit Revision No. 6 provide
<br />for a continued mining in the Northern Mining District in Sections 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, and
<br />17 in TSN, R86W.
<br />Permit Revision No. 7 (PR-07), was approved on January 2, 2007, and allowed for continued.
<br />longwall and development mining in the Northern Mining District in sections 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of
<br />TSN, R86W, and development mining in the Western Mining District into portions of Section 17
<br />and 18, TSN, R86W, and Section 13 TSN, R87W.
<br />Permit Revision No. 8 (PR-08) was approved on October 30, 2009, and allowed for the
<br />expansion of mining in the Western Mining District with development and longwall mining in
<br />Sections 17, 18, 19, and 20 of TSN, R86W, and 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of TSN, R87W.
<br />This Permit Revision includes mining of longwall panels 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, and 17L, and
<br />gateroads 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L. A portion of Fish Creek is to be undermined by
<br />longwall panels 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, and associated gateroads. Routt County Road No. 27 is to
<br />be undermined by longwall panels 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, and 17L. Coal production is not
<br />approved to increase beyond the previously approved 12,000,000 tons per year with the approval
<br />of PR8.
<br />Revisions to the Permit
<br />Minor Revisions and Technical Revisions which have been made to the Foidel Creek Mine
<br />permit since the last renewal (RN04) are listed below.
<br />Minor Revisions:
<br />Revision No. Approval date Nature of revision
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<br />MR188 8/17/2004 Correction of Legal Description
<br />MR189 9/22/2004 Correction of the Description of Routt County Permit
<br /> Numbering System
<br />MR190 10/15/2004 Minor Re-alignment of 18RT Ventilation Shaft
<br />MR191 5/23/2005 Clarification of Permit Information
<br />MR192 3/30/2005 Addition of Deflector to Exhaust Fan
<br />MR193 7/21/2005 Modification to Hydrologic Operating Plans
<br />MR194 7/21/2005 Modification to Hydrologic Operations
<br />MR195 8/29/2005 Addition to Bathhouse Facility
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<br />Foidel Creek Mine 13 June 4, 2010
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