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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Dopanmcnl ul Nalu rat Resources
<br />I } t.i Sherman Sr. Nuom ? I S
<br />Denver, C nlnrado ftrl![13
<br />Vhunc 15031 Nfi6 }567
<br />FA% U0'n Nf!~N IOb
<br />August 2l, 1998
<br />Bob Schneider
<br />U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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<br />DEPARTNIENT OF
<br />NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />Ray Romer
<br />Govemnr
<br />Craig District Office
<br />455 Emerson Street lames s tochhead
<br />E~ecmrve Director
<br />Craig, CO 81625 nLCnael e tong
<br />Division Dueclnr
<br />Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-82-056),
<br />Technical Revision No. 31 '
<br />Add "Trvdy's Corner" Storage Area from Eckman Park Permit; Add Topsoil from Energy Mine No. 3 Permit;
<br />Modify Processing Waste Pile Construction Methodology; Extend Culverts; Install Randing Corrals; Revise
<br />Maps 24 and 29
<br />Dear Mr. Schneider:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geoloey hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph
<br />4, oFthe Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 21, 1995, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Foidel Creek
<br />Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Twentymile Coal Company. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The revision is for transferrine the "Trudy's Corner" Storage Area from the Eckman Park permit (C-81-071) into the Foidel
<br />Creek permit, transferring surplus topsoil from the Energy Mine No. 3 permit into [he Foidel Creek permit, modifying the
<br />processing waste pile construction methodology, extending culverts, installing corrals, and revising Maps 24 and 29.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is further described as Follows:
<br />[n portions of Sections 7, 8, 9, T4W, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W ;Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36 in 13 n,
<br />R87 W; and all of TSN, R86W with the exception of Sections 34, 35, and 36.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5-minwe Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Rout[ County Courthouse, Box 773598,
<br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact
<br />the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215. 1313 Sherman Street. Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order
<br />For us' to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments' be submitted within fifteen (I S) days of this letter. If
<br />no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the
<br />applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely. _ ~ J
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<br />l Envirnn~ oral Protection Specialist
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