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Public Notice: Bond Release Application - Peabody Caballo Mining LLC PT0240 TFN 7 1/664
Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC, Rawhide Mine, Permit No. 240-T7, Caller Box 3034, Gillette,
Wyoming 82717-3034, has applied for an Area Bond Release and a Phase 1 Bond Release from the
Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming. This
permit was originally approved on January 31, 1975. The coal mining permit area is located in
Section 19 T51N, R71W; Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 24 T51N,
R72W; Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 T52N, R72W; Sections 1 and 12 T51N, R73W; and in Section 36
T52N, R73W, in Campbell County, Wyoming. The Rawhide Mine is approximately 8 miles northeast
of Gillette, Wyoming off Wyoming Highway 59. This area can be found on the following quadrangle
maps: Moyer Springs and Rawhide School. The parcels to be released from bond are located in
Sections 10, 11, and 14 in T51N, R72W. This bond release request includes approximately 182.3
acres. The Area Bond Release is for the completion of backfill, rough grading and contouring which
occurred from 2018 through 2020. The Phase 1 Bond Release is for the completion of final grading,
topsoil replacement and drainage reconstruction which occurred from 2019 through 2021. The total
amount of bond to be released is $169,147 which is 60% of the incremental bond for those 182.3
acres.
Information regarding the mining operation, reclamation procedures and areas proposed for
release may be reviewed in the offices of the Land Quality Division of the Department of
Environmental Quality in Cheyenne and Sheridan, Wyoming. Written objections to the proposed
bond release request must be received by the Administrator of the Land Quality Division, Department
of Environmental Quality, 200 West 17th Street, Suite 10, Cheyenne, WY 82002, before the close of
business August 8, 2023. Objections may also be submitted by the same deadline via the Land Quality
Division?s electronic comment portal at [link removed]. If written
objections are filed, and a public hearing is requested, the Environmental Quality Council (Council)
shall hold a public hearing within sixty (60) days after the final date for filing objections unless a
different period is stipulated to by all parties. The Council shall publish notice of the time, date and
location of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the locality of the proposed operation
once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks immediately prior to the hearing. The hearing shall be
conducted as a contested case in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act (W.S.
?16-3-101 through ?16-3-115), with a right of judicial review as provided in that act. Without
prejudice to the objector or applicant?s right to a hearing before the Council, the Administrator may
hold an informal conference to resolve written objections after notification to all parties. The
Administrator shall make a record of the conference unless waived by all parties, which shall be
accessible to all parties. The Administrator shall furnish all parties of the conference with a written
finding of the Division based on the conference, and the reasons for the finding.
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