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Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC of Gillette, WY has applied for a coal mining permit renewal from the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming. The coal mining permit area will be located in all or portions of: 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 1 and 12, T51N, R73W; Sections 31, 32, 33, and 34, T52N, R72W; and Section 36, T52N, R73W, all located in Campbell County, Wyoming. The Rawhide Mine is approximately eight miles northeast of Gillette, WY, off Wyoming Highway 59. This area can be found on Moyer Springs and Rawhide School USGS quadrangle maps. The original permit to mine was granted in December 1976 and is estimated to continue until 2039. The land, after mining, will be returned to grazing land and wildlife habitat.
Information regarding this application may be reviewed in the Office of the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality in Cheyenne and Sheridan, Wyoming or the Campbell County Clerk's Office at Gillette, Wyoming. Written objections to the proposed mining operation must be received by the Administrator of the Land Quality Division, Department of Environmental Quality, 200 W. 17th Street, Suite 10, Cheyenne, WY 82002 before the close of business January 23, 2025. Objections may also be submitted by the same deadline via the Land Quality Division’s electronic comment portal at https://lq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com/. The Director shall hold an informal conference if requested, hear the complaint, and take action on the application in accordance with Wyoming Statute (W.S.) 35-11-406(p) and the Department's Rules of Practice and Procedure. The Director shall render a decision on the application within thirty (30) days after the deadline to file objections if no informal conference is requested. An informal conference shall be held within thirty (30) days after the final date for filing objections unless a different period is stipulated to by the parties. The Director shall publish notice of the time, date, and location of the conference 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 conference. If the director holds an informal conference, all parties to the conference shall be furnished with a copy of the final written decision of the Director issuing or denying the permit within sixty (60) days of the conference. The applicant or objector may appeal the director’s written decision after an informal conference to the Council. If a hearing is held the hearing would 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 afforded as provided in that act and W.S 35-11- 406(p)(iv). The Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission will be mailed a copy of the
application mine plan map as given in W.S. §35-11-406(j).
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