2013-12-09_REVISION - C1981008 ‎(6)‎

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/9/2013
• Doc Name: Proof of Publication
• From: San Miguel Basin Forum
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: SL13
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: SB1
• Email Name: DIH
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
FORUM NEWSPAPERS, INC.
STATE OF COLORADO )
)SS,
COUNTY OF MONTROSE )
I, Erin Culver do solemnly swear that I am
Secretary of Forum Newspapers, Inc.; that
the same is a weekly newspaper printed, in whole or
in part and published in the County of Montrose,
RECEIVED
DEC 0 9 2013
DMSlOf•I OF RECLAMATION
Mt6AND SAFETY
NOTICE OF PROPOSED
DECISION
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has issued a proposed decision to Approve Bond Release
State of Colorado, and has a general circulation Application No. 13 (SL13) for the New Horizon Mine, Permit No. C- 1981 -008. The Surface operation is operated by
therein; that said newspaper has been published
continuously and uninterrupted in said County of Montrose
for a period of more than fifty -two weeks prior
to the first publication of the annexed legal notice or
advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted
to the United States mails as second -class matter
under the provisions of the Act of Match 3, 1879, or
any amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is
a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publishing
legal notices and advertisements within the meaning
Western Fuels - Colorado, LLC under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The
bond release application was submitted by Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC on May 9, 2012. The applicant bas requested
Phase I bond release for baclftlling and grading activities conducted on 100.16 acres located northwest of the intersection
of 2700 Road and BB Road. The applicant has also requested Phase III (final) bond release for 7.22 acres. Included is the
reconstructed segment of 2700 Road that passes through the permit area and the reconstructed BB Road, east of 2700 Road.
The affected area is located in Montrose County, approximately 1.7 miles Northwest of Nucla, Colorado.
Copies of the proposed decision are available for review at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
office, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, and on the Division's website at http: / /mining.state.
co. us/ Reports/ MirungData /Pages/ImagedDoctunentDatampx. A user's guide for our document imaging system is also
available in pdf format at the same web address.
Any person who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request an adjudicatory hearing regarding
this proposed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within thirty (30) days of the first publication of
this notice, and shall state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and objections to the proposed decision.
Published in the San Miguel Basin Forum on November 7 & 14, 2013
of the laws of the State of Colorado.
That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was
published in the regular and entire issues of every number of
said weekly newspaper for the period of y consecutive
insertions; and that the first publication of said notice was in the
issue of the newspaper dated NOV A.D., 20_L3__, and
that the last publication of said notice %vas in the iss�e of said
newspaper dated OV A.D., 20
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
this f2 day of - - - A.D., 20
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public
in and for th County of Mo trose, State of Colorado
thi d day L4
A.D., 20
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