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Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC, Caballo Mine, Permit No. 433-T8, 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 June 21, 1976. The coal
mining permit area is located in all or portions of the following: Sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
and 36, T49N, R71W; Section 31, T49N, R70W; Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, and 30,
T48N, R70W; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28 T48N, R71W, in Campbell County, Wyoming. The Caballo
Mine is approximately 14 miles southeast of Gillette, Wyoming, off Wyoming Highway
59 and Bishop Road. This area can be found on The Gap, The Gap SW, Saddle Horse
Butte and Coyote Draw USGS quadrangle maps. The parcels to be released from bond
are located in Sections 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 16 in T48N, R71W. This bond release request
includes approximately 321.3 acres. The Area Bond Release is for the completion of
backfill, rough grading and contouring which occurred from 2014 through 2021. The Phase
1 Bond Release is for the completion of final grading, topsoil replacement and drainage
reconstruction which occurred from 2020 through 2022. The total amount of bond to be
released is $368,676 which is 60% of the incremental bond for those 321.3 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 November 6, 2023. Objections may also be
submitted by the same deadline via the Land Quality Division?s electronic comment portal
at http://lq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/. 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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