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Western Fuels-Wyoming, Inc. of Gillette, Wyoming Permit No. 599-T8 has applied for phase 1 bond release from the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming. The permit was originally approved on April 13, 1989. The coal mining permit area is located in parts of Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 and 36, T51N, R72W; parts of Sections 19, 29, 30, 31 and 32, T51N, R71W; part or all of Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17 and 18 T50N, R71W; and part or all of Sections 1, 2, 12, and 13 T50N, R72W, all in Campbell County, Wyoming. The mine is located approximately six miles north of Gillette on Garner Lake Road. This area can be found on the Gillette East, Wyo and Moyer Springs, Wyo USGS quadrangle maps. The parcels to be released from bond are located within Section 30 of T51N, R71W. This bond release request includes 66.9 acres of phase 1 partial bond release, and the dollar amount to be released is $131,879.86. The reclamation work (topsoil placement, seeding, etc.) varies by tract but was performed in the years 2022 and 2023.
Information regarding the mining operation, reclamation procedures and areas proposed for release may be reviewed in the Office of the Land Quality Division, Department of Environmental Quality in Cheyenne or Sheridan, Wyoming. Written objections to the proposed bond release 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 6, 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/. 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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