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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining LLC (PSCM), 36600 Routt County Road 27, Hayden,
<br />Colorado 81639, has submitted an application for Technical Revision (TR) to the
<br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine, Permit Number C-2009-087. The revision (TR03-11)
<br />addresses a Transfer of Coal Permit and Succession of Operators to Peabody Sage Creek
<br />Mining LLC.
<br />The proposed mine permit area, encompassing approximately 10,164 acres, is located
<br />approximately nine miles south of the Town of Hayden, Colorado, off Routt County
<br />Road 27. The mine permit area is covered by the Milner, Mount Harris, Rattlesnake
<br />Butte, and Dunckley USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps. The general legal description
<br />for lands affected by the proposed Mine Permit Application Package (PAP) are located in
<br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11,
<br />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 is for five (5) years. Affects comprise only a small portion of the entire
<br />permit area. Surface and coal ownership within the proposed permit area include Sage
<br />Creek Holdings, LLC; the State of Colorado; and the U.S. Department of Interior (Bureau
<br />of Land Management). The ownership, precise location, and boundaries of lands within
<br />the permit area are identified in Section 2.03, and on Map 2.03-M1, of the PAP, and are
<br />included in this public notice by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Technical Revision application, (less
<br />confidential material) are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the
<br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. A copy of the Technical
<br />Revision application is also 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 Technical Revision application should be
<br />submitted to the State of Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313
<br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 within ten days of the last
<br />date of publication of this notice.
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