Public Notice: Notice of Area and Phase 1 Bond Release Black Butte Mine of Point of Rocks, WY Permit No. 467-T9

Public Notice: Notice of Area and Phase 1 Bond Release Black Butte Mine of Point of Rocks, WY Permit No. 467-T9

Black Butte Coal Company - Black Butte Mine of Point of Rocks, WY Permit No. 467-T9 has applied for Area Bond and Phase 1 Bond Release from the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming. This mine permit was originally approved on 12/27/1977. The coal mine permit area is generally located in:

Twn. 17N, Rng. 100W, 6^th P.M., WY: Section 6
Twn. 17N, Rng. 101W, 6^th P.M., WY: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 16
Twn. 18N, Rng. 100W, 6^th P.M., WY
Twn. 18N, Rng. 101W, 6^th P.M., WY: Sections 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, 35, 36
Twn. 19N, Rng. 100W, 6^th P.M., WY

of Sweetwater County, WY. The Black Butte Mine is located approximately 12 miles south of Point of Rocks in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. This area can be found on the Point of Rocks SE, Black Buttes, Bitter Creek, Bitter Creek NW, and Bitter Creek NE USGS quadrangle maps. The parcels to be released from bond are located in portions of:

Twn. 17N, Rng. 101W, 6^th P.M, WY: Section 1
Twn 17N, Rng. 100W, 6^th P. M,: Section 6
Twn. 18N, Rng. 100W. 6^th P.M, WY: Sections 6, 7, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 31, and 32
Twn. 18N, Rng. 101W, 6^th P.M, WY: Sections 1, 12, and 13
Twn. 19N, Rng 100W, 6^th P.M, WY: Sections 10, 11, 22, and 27

This area release request includes 515.32 acres for Area Bond and Phase 1 Bond Release.

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. 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 December 15th, 2025. Objections may also be submitted by the same deadline via the Land Quality Division's electronic comment portal at https://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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