Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC), 29515 Routt County Road 27, Oak Creek, Colorado 80467, has
<br />submitted an application for a Technical Revision (TR) to the Foidel Creek Mine, Permit Number C-
<br />82 -056. The revision (TR13 -82), modifies the approved mining plans for the Western Mining District
<br />(WMD) to make minor changes in the current approved panel configuration and designations, add a
<br />12 -Left Panel, and extend the 13 -Left and 14 -Left longwall panels, reflect the associated development
<br />and mining of the associated coal reserves, and modifies the Mine Permit Area by adding
<br />approximately 80 acres to encompass the panel extensions and associated lease and subsidence areas.
<br />The mine permit area currently encompasses approximately 22,450 acres, located approximately 23
<br />miles southwest of Steamboat Springs on Routt County Road 33, and approximately 7.3 miles
<br />northwest of Oak Creek on Routt County Road 27. Mine offices and major surface facilities are
<br />located adjacent to Foidel Creek, near the intersection of these two roads. The mine permit area is
<br />covered by the Cow Creek, Dunkley, Milner, Mount Harris, Oak Creek, and Rattlesnake Butte USGS
<br />7.5 minute quadrangle maps. The lands affected by the proposed revision fall within the current Mine
<br />Permit Area, which include portions of Section 34, T5N, R87W. TC owns or controls the surface and
<br />coal within the current Permit Area, and the surface within the proposed extension area, and has
<br />secured leases of the Federal and fee coal within the extension area. Surface and coal owners for these
<br />areas include TC; the State of Colorado; the USDI- Bureau of Land Management; NRC -CO1, LLC;
<br />Camilletti & Sons; the Hunter Family Trust; William and Janice Rogers; John and Hillary Rice;
<br />William and Susan Mitzelfeld, David and Linda Male, Twentymile Sheep Company, LLC; Myron
<br />Walker Trust; Paul Swisher; Ashley Investments, LLC; Gulf Oil Corporation; and the Ruth
<br />McCollister Trust. The ownership, precise location, and boundaries of lands within the Permit are
<br />identified on pages 2.03 -13 through 2.08 -18 and 2.03 -22 and 2.03 -23.1, and Maps 1 and 2, of the Mine
<br />Permit Application Package (PAP), and are included in this public notice by reference.
<br />Copies of the PAP, including the referenced Permit Revision application, (less confidential material)
<br />are available for inspection at the mine office and the office of the Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining, and Safety. Copies of the Permit Revision applications are also available for public inspection
<br />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 />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Written comments or objections to the Permit Revision application should be submitted to the State of
<br />Colorado, Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS), 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203 -2273 within ten days of the last date of publication of this notice.
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