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<br />Customer .. #: 10031136
<br />Order #:
<br />10371765
<br />Customer
<br />PEABODY ENERGY - SAGE CREEK
<br />Name &
<br />PO BOX 250
<br />Address
<br />HAYDEN, CO 816390250
<br />Publication Charges $ 589.76
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC, 36600 CR
<br />27, Hayden, CO 81639 0250, ( CDRMS Per
<br />mil No. 2009-087, approved June 8th,
<br />2010) is requesting release of Phase III bond
<br />liability on 1,028 acres of reclaimed :ands at
<br />the Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM). A
<br />self bond in the amount of $4,420,284.46 is
<br />currently n place, a portion of which is being
<br />requested for release as determined by the
<br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />and Safety ( CDRMS). Surface mining and in
<br />Itiai reclamation activities were performed
<br />under the Seneca Coal Company as part of
<br />the Seneca It Mine. A portion of these re
<br />claimed areas were removed from the Sen-
<br />eca II permit and transferred to the PSCM
<br />permit as a part of the mining permit ap-
<br />proval.
<br />The Phase II Bond Release Request is on re
<br />claimed areas that have received Phase II
<br />bond release and where reclaimed vegeta
<br />tion has met success criteria, the approved
<br />post mining lard use has been achieved,
<br />and hydrology assessments have been suc-
<br />cessful. The requested areas were ravage
<br />tated 1977 through 1995 in accordance with
<br />CDRMS rules and regulations.
<br />The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is located ap
<br />proximately nine (9) miles southeast of Hay
<br />den, Colorado. The specific area to which
<br />this bond release request applies Is included
<br />in portions of the following sections located
<br />within the permit area
<br />T6N R87 W:
<br />Section 35 - Portions of NESW, NWSW,
<br />SWSW, SESW, SWSE, SESE
<br />Section 36 Portions of SWSW, SESW, and
<br />SWSE
<br />T5N R87 W.
<br />Section 1 - Portions of L7, L6, SWNW,
<br />SENW, SWSW, SESW
<br />Section 2 Portions of L1, L2, SWNE, SENE,
<br />L3, L4, SWNW, SENW, NESW, NWSW,
<br />SWSW, SESW, NESE, NWSE, SWSE, and
<br />SESE
<br />Section 3 -Portions of NESE and S ESE
<br />Section 11 - All of NENE, portions of NWNE,
<br />SWNE. SENE, NENW, SENW, NESE, NWSE
<br />Section 12 - Portions of NENW, all of
<br />NWNW, Portions of SENW, SWNW, NESW,
<br />NWSW, SWSW, SESW, NWSE, and SWSE
<br />All west of the 61h Principal Meridian totaling
<br />1,026 acres.
<br />The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps for
<br />Milner and Mt- Harris contain the described
<br />affected area. A copy of the bond release ap-
<br />plicat on is available for public inspection at
<br />the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson
<br />Avenue, Hayden, Colorado 81639. Written
<br />comments or objections or requests for pub
<br />is hearing or Informal conference concerning
<br />this application may be submitted to, and
<br />additional information obtained from, the
<br />Colorado Division of Rec amation, Mining
<br />and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room
<br />215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273, (303)
<br />866 -3567. Comments must be received
<br />within 30 days of the last publication of this
<br />notice or within30 days of the onsiteinspec
<br />lion, whichever Is later. Published on (fora
<br />consecutive weeks).
<br />HOLLY HUNTER
<br />NOTARY PUBLIC
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />NOTARY ID 20054032733
<br />MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 08/19/2017
<br />The mailing address for Peabody Sage Creek:
<br />Mine is: Scott Cowman
<br />Senior Environmental Specialist
<br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine
<br />PO Box 250
<br />Hayden, CO.
<br />81839 -0250
<br />Published In the Steamboat Pilot and Today
<br />First Publication Dale: June 29,2014
<br />Last Publication Date: July 2Q2014
<br />10371765
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