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<br /> STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
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<br />August 24, 1998 NATURAL
<br />RESOURCES
<br />lames S. Geier ftov Romer
<br />Colorado Department of Health cn.cronr
<br />Air Pollution Control Division Limes 5. Luchhead
<br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South e.ewnve Due~wr
<br />Denver, CO 80222-1530 nuen,el A. tnnp
<br /> Division Duccmr
<br />Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-82-056)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 31
<br />Add "Trudy's Corner" Storage Area from Eckm an Park Permit; Add Topsoil from Energy Mine No. 3 Permit;
<br />Modify Processing Waste Pile Construction Methodology; Extend Culverts; Install Raoding Corrals; Revise
<br />Maps 24 and 29
<br />Dear Mr. Geier:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33. Section 116, Paragraph
<br />4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, tftat on August 2l, 1998, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Foidel
<br />Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Twentymile Coal Company.
<br />All review and conunent periods as provided in the Ac[ and the Regulations initia[e from this date of filing.
<br />The revision is for transferring the "Trudy's Comer" Storage Area form the Eckman Park permit (C-81-071) into the Foidel
<br />Creek permit, transferring surplus topsoil from the Energy Mine No. 3 permi[ into the Foidel Creek permit, modifying the
<br />processing waste pile construction methodology, ex[ending culvetts, installing corrals, and revising Maps 24 and 29.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land loca[ed approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is futther described as follows:
<br />In pottions of Sections 7, 8, 9, T4W, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W; Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36
<br />in TSn, R87W; 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 minute Quadrangle map of Rattlesnake Butte
<br />A copy of the [echnical revision application is available For public inspec[ion at the Roust County Courthouse, Box 773598,
<br />Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written cotrtments, 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 wi[hin fifteen (IS) days of this letter.
<br />If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections [o,
<br />the applican['s proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />` lanes H. Banns ~ [,
<br />'. Environm ntal Protection Specialist
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