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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC), 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 (TR10-76) addresses construction, operation, and reclamation of the G-6 Ditch
<br />Extension.
<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, SW/4, Section
<br />28, T5N, R86W. TC controls the surface and coal in this area. The Mine Permit Area includes all or
<br />portions of Sections 7 through 9, T4N, R86W; T5N, R86W, except Sections 34 through 36; and
<br />Sections 13, 22 through 24, 25 through 27, and 34 through 36, T5N, R87W. The ownership, precise
<br />location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit are identified on pages 2.03-13 through 2.08-18
<br />and 2.03-22 and 2.03-23.1, and Map 1, of the Mine Permit Application Package (PAP), and are
<br />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 Road 27,
<br />at location immediately south and west of UPRR Rail Spur (underpass) crossing of Routt County Road
<br />27. A public hearing to determine whether the interests of the public and affected landowners will be
<br />protected can be requested by contacting the CDRMS in writing within 30 days after the publication of
<br />this notice. If a hearing is requested, it would be held in either Steamboat Springs or Hayden, both of
<br />which are in the locality of the proposed operations.
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