"There is no phone number listed on the CP501 letter," Great, so the IRS website is wrong. See link above.
It sounds like the internal IRS system has run off the rails, if the left hand sends you notices that the right hand doesn't know about. But to be fair, they have been operating on a very lean budget for several years.
The CP501 has neither a phone number to reply to nor an address to reply to?
OK, do this. Send the written response to the address on the CP22A, even though it is well past the deadline by now. Make sure that they know that you have received a CP501 that you want to dispute, but the CP501 does not seem to provide a way to do this. Ask for their help (at the CP22A) address to resolve this situation, because you don't want this to fall between the cracks.
The Formal Written Protest is interesting, but I still think that we have not gotten that far. Let's try to get the CP22A office to resolve this situation.
If this continues to be a problem, note that you may be able to get help from the Taxpayer Advocate Service, which is an organization internal to the IRS that helps taxpayers resolve misunderstandings with the IRS. You can call them, or even better if TAS has an office near you, you can speak to someone face-to-face. You may be able to present your written history to someone at TAS in order to stop this from spinning out of control. TAS agents have power, but they are consequently busy, so be persistent.
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