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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />CAM MINING LLC, P.O. Box 98, Loma.
<br />CO 81524, has submitted an applica-
<br />tion for a bond release to the Division
<br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety foi
<br />its Munger Canyon Mine, mining per-
<br />mit No. C -1981 -020. The mining permit
<br />was initially approved on January 13.
<br />1983 and most recently renewed on
<br />January 13, 2013. The current podlld
<br />reclamation bond is $65,966 and Is M (CATION
<br />the form of a corporate surety. This
<br />permit action will release approxi.
<br />mately $24,000 of the bond liability
<br />The area for which partial bond re-
<br />lease is being requested is the Mung•
<br />er Canyon portal site, haul road and
<br />reclaimed coal mine waste disposal
<br />area. Final bond release is being re-
<br />quested at the Loma Loadout.
<br />During 2001 the 2.9 acre Loma load-
<br />out was contoured and seeded. There
<br />was poor initial vegetative establish-
<br />ment. During 2004 the 2.9 acre Loma
<br />loadout was re- seeded with a salt tol.
<br />erant seed mixture. During 2006 a 1.6
<br />acre light use road located in Munger
<br />Canyon was contoured and seeded.
<br />The mine portal area, haul road and
<br />coal mine waste disposal area were
<br />contoured and seeded during 2007
<br />During the ensuing years the vegeta.
<br />tion has flourished. Based on a veg.
<br />elation evaluation performed during
<br />May and June 2013, a demonstration
<br />was made that untreated drainage
<br />from the reclaimed areas do not ecr,
<br />tribute additional suspended solids
<br />above natural conditions. The vegeta.
<br />tion study at the mine site concludes
<br />the area sampled readily passes the
<br />ground cover requirement for Phase II
<br />bond release. The vegetation study at
<br />the Loma loadout concludes the area
<br />exhibits a stable, shrub and forb -dom-
<br />inated vegetation community that
<br />appears more than capable of sup-
<br />porting numerous post- disturbance
<br />land uses.
<br />The Munger Canyon Mine is located
<br />in Garfield County approximately 18
<br />miles north of Loma, CO along State
<br />Highway 139. East Salt Creek is locat-
<br />ed on the western portion of the per-
<br />mit boundary. Most of the surface of
<br />the permit area is owned by the United
<br />States. The permit area is encom-
<br />passed within portions of Sections 27
<br />28 and 29 of Township 7 South, Range
<br />102 West, 6th P.M. A portion of the per-
<br />mit area in section 29 is owned by #11
<br />Enterprises.
<br />The Loma Loadout is located in Mesa
<br />County approximately one -half mile
<br />east of Loma, CO.The loadout is locat.
<br />ed south of the Union Pacific mainline
<br />west of 13.5 road. The surface of the
<br />permit area is owned by the Union
<br />Pacific Railroad. The permit area is
<br />encompassed within portions of the
<br />SW /4W/4 of Section 34 Township 2
<br />North, Range 3 West, Ute Meridian and
<br />portions of the NE14NW 14 of Section 3
<br />Township 1 North, Range 3 West, Ute
<br />Meridian.
<br />The mine site sections are contained
<br />within the U.S. Geological Survey 75
<br />minute Howard Canyon and Garvey
<br />Canyon Quadrangle maps. The Load -
<br />out sections are contained within the
<br />U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute
<br />Mack Quadrangle Map.
<br />A copy of the bond release applica•
<br />tion is available for public inspection
<br />at the Mesa County Clerk and Re-
<br />corder's office, 544 Rood Ave., Grand
<br />Junction, CO. A copy of the approved
<br />permit application document, as well
<br />as the bond release application, are
<br />available at the Denver office of the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and
<br />Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman St..
<br />Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866.3567
<br />Written comments or objections to the
<br />proposed release, and a request for a
<br />public hearing or informal conference
<br />may be submitted to and additional
<br />information obtained from the Divi.
<br />sion of Reclamation, Mining and Safe-
<br />ty. Comments, objections or requests
<br />for a public hearing or informal con-
<br />ference must be made within thirty
<br />(30) days of the last publication of this
<br />notice or within thirty (30) days of the
<br />completed bond release inspection .
<br />whichever is later.
<br />Published: August 29, September 5,
<br />12, 19, 2014.
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />County of (Mesa)
<br />Bei g duly sworn, says that I am Legal Secretary of
<br />The Di ifly Sentinel a daily newspaper, published and duly printed in
<br />The County of Mesa, State of Colorado; that said newspaper has a
<br />genera circulation in said County and has been continuously and
<br />uninte ptedly published therein, during a period of at least
<br />fifty-t*o consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication
<br />of the snnexed notice; that said newspaper is a newspaper within the
<br />meani*g of the act of the general Assembly of the State of Colorado,
<br />entitled "An Act to regulate the printing of legal notices and
<br />advertisements," and amendments thereto; that the notice of which
<br />the :in sexed is a printed copy taken from said newspaper, was published
<br />i n s aid newspaper, and in the regular and entire issue of every number
<br />there4, once a week for 4 successive weeks;
<br />that s 'd notice was so published in said newspaper proper and not in
<br />any supplement thereof, and that first publication of said notice as
<br />aforesi Lid, was on the 29th day of August , 2014,
<br />and tl e last, on the 19th day of September, 2014.
<br />CopieJ of each number of said paper in which said notice and/or
<br />list was published were delivered by carriers or transmitted by
<br />mail to each of the subscribers of said newspaper, The Daily Sentinel,
<br />according to the accustomed mote of business in this office.
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<br />sworn to before me, this day of�_, 20
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<br />KAREN McLEISH
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />NOTARY ID 20134002084
<br />MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JANUARY 17, 2017
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