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Public Notice Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), P.O. Box 591 Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929 -5015, has filed a request for partial Phase I Bond Release of MCC's Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C -80 -007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the CDRMS in July 1981, and was reissued August 1986, January 1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, July 2006 and July 2011. The current five -year permit term expires July 31, 2016. MCC's five -year permit area contains lands in Sections 9 -11, 13 -36, T13S, R90W, 6th PM; and Sections 23 -26, T13S, R91W, 6th PM, and Sections 1-5, 8 -12, T14S, R90W, 6th PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass quadrangle topographic maps. The current permit area encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres. MCC is requesting Phase I Bond Release for methane drainage wells (MDW), exploration sites and roads that have been reclaimed within the areas of West Flatiron and the Dry Fork of Minnesota Creek. These sites are located within the National Forest System lands and within portions of Sections 14, 23, 26, 27, and 34 of Township 13 South, Range 90 West. These drill sites and roads were necessary for both coal exploration and mine methane ventilation. MCC is requesting the release of reclamation bond liability of sixty percent (60 %) of the bond posted for those sites in this application. Reclamation of the various drill site locations and roads within MCC's permit area was completed in 2013. Reclamation included proper plugging and abandonment of drill holes, as well as backfilling and regrading drill pad locations and access roads. The well sites and roads proposed for bond release have been revegetated and stabilized using various methods of seeding, fertilizing, and mulching, including the installation of straw and erosion control matting. A copy of the Phase I Bond Release application is available for review at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety ( CDRMS), 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, CO 80203, phone (303) 866 -3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the application should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 30 days after the first date of publication of this notice (published 4 times consecutively) in order to be considered.