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PUBLIC NOTICE
Peabody Caballo Mining, LLC, Rawhide Mine, of St. Louis, MO (Permit No. 240-T9) has applied for 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 all or portions of the following: Section 19 in T51N, R71W; Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 24 in T51N, R72W; Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 in T52N, R72W; Sections 1 and 12 in T51N, R73W; and in Section 36 in 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 Moyer Springs and Rawhide School USGS quadrangle maps. The parcels to be released from bond are located in Sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, and 17 in T51N, R72W.
The Phase 1 bond release request includes approximately 417.1 acres and is for the completion of vegetation establishment and the stabilization of the surface of reclaimed lands, according to the approved reclamation plan. Seeding for vegetation establishment on these lands occurred between 1977 and 2025. The total amount of bond to be released is $377,780 which is 60% of the incremental bond for those 417.1 acres.
The parcels to be released from Phase 2 bond are located in Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 in T51N, R72W. This bond release request includes approximately 327.3 acres and is for the completion of vegetation establishment and the stabilization of the surface of reclaimed lands, according to the approved reclamation plan. Seeding for vegetation establishment on these lands occurred between 1977 and 2022. The total amount of bond to be released is $74,129 which is 15% of the incremental bond for those 327.3 acres.
Information regarding the mining operation, reclamation procedures and areas proposed for release may be reviewed in the Office 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 April 9, 2026. Objections may also be submitted by the same deadline via the Land Quality Division’s electronic comment portal at http://lq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.comIf 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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