Public Notice: Phase 1 and Phase 2 Bond Release Application - Eagle Specialty Materials, LLC., PT0428, TFN 7 1/268

Public Notice: Phase 1 and Phase 2 Bond Release Application - Eagle Specialty Materials, LLC., PT0428, TFN 7 1/268

Eagle Specialty Materials, LLC, Eagle Butte Mine, of Gillette, WY (Permit No. 428-T9) has applied for Phase 1 and Phase 2 bond release from the Land Quality Division of the Department of Environmental Quality for the State of Wyoming. This permit was originally approved on May 5, 1976. The coal mining permit area is located in: portions of Sections 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34 and 35, T51N, R72W, Sections 3 and 4, T50N, R72W; and Section 19, T51N, R71W of Campbell County, Wyoming. . Eagle Butte Mine is approximately 8 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming adjacent to Highways 14/16 and 59. This area can be found on the Gillette East, Gillette West, Moyer Springs and Rawhide School USGS quadrangle maps. The parcels to be released from bond are located in is all or a portion of the SENW, SWNE, SENE , NWSW, NESW,NWSE, NESE, SWSW, SENW and SWSE of Section 27, T. 51 N., R. 71 W., Campbell County, Wyoming; All or a portion of all quarter quarter's Section 34, T. 51 N., R. 71 W., A portion of the NENE, SENE, and NESE of Section 33 T. 51 N., R. 71 W., and a portion of the SENW, NWNE and NENE of Section 3, T. 50 N., R. 71 W., Campbell County, Wyoming. This bond release request includes 736.9 acres of permanently reclaimed land for Phase 1 and 2 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 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 W. 17th Street, Suite 10, Cheyenne, WY 82002 before the close of business December 2, 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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