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The Spring Gulch Coal Company of Thermopolis, Wyoming (Permit No. 211) has applied for
Area and 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 October
21, 1974. The coal mining permit area is located in: T. 46N., R. 98W., Sections 30, 31, 32, and 33
and T. 46N., R. 99W., Sections 25 and 26, Hot Springs County, Wyoming. The area of the permit
is approximately 31 miles northwest of Thermopolis, Wyoming. This area can be found on the
Grass Creek USGS quadrangle map. The parcels to be released from bond are located in Section
26 in Township 46N, Range 99W. This bond release request includes 11.7 acres for Area release
and 14.9 acres for Phase 1 release. The total bond requested for release is $118,450. The Area and
Phase 1 release are for the completion of backfilling, rough grading, contouring, and soil
replacement which occurred from November 2025 to March 2026.
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 Lander, 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 W. 17th Street, Suite 10, Cheyenne, WY 82002 before the close of
business November 14, 2026. 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.
Para español, visite deq.wyoming.gov. Americans with Disabilities Act: special assistance or
alternative formats will be made available upon request for individuals with disabilities. Please
provide at least fourteen (14) days before the close of the public comment period for such requests.
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