2012-08-20_REVISION - C1982056 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/20/2012
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: PR9
• Email Name: JDM
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
August 20, 2012
Assistant State Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
Grand Junction, CO 81506 -3904
Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1982 -056)
Permit Revision Application No. 9 (PR -9)
WMD Panel Extension
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
Q I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 17, 2012,
an application to revise coal mining operations at the Foidel Creek Mine was considered complete
for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
Twentymile Coal, LLC proposes to modify the approved Foidel Creek Mine plan for the Western
Mining District (WMD) through Permit Revision No. 09 (PR -9). PR -9 proposes to add an
additional longwall panel, the 11 -Left Panel, and to include an extension of the 12 -Left and 13 -Left
Panels. The additional panel and panel extensions to the west will require modification of the
currently approved Foidel Creek Mine Permit Area boundary adding approximately 560 acres to
the Mine Permit Area. Activities under the proposed mine plan modification will be limited to
underground continuous miner development and longwall mining and will not require construction
of any new surface facilities.
The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 23 miles southwest of
Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
In portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, T4N, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W; Sections 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 34, 35 and 36 in T5N, R87W; and all of T5N, R86W with the exception of Sections 34, 35,
and 36. The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of
Rattlesnake Butte Cow Creek, Dunckley, Milner, Mount Harris, and Oak Creek.
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Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines