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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />October 2, 2014 <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Garfield County, Colorado <br />108 8t' Street <br />Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 <br />Re: Sunlight Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -046) <br />Bond Release Application No. 1(SL -1) <br />To whom it may concern: <br />This letter, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1) of the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, is to inform you that the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(Division) has begun the process of terminating its jurisdiction over the Sunlight Mine. This notice will be <br />published in the Glenwood Springs Post Independent as soon as possible. <br />The Sunlight Mine is a formerly permitted coal mining operation located in Garfield County, approximately <br />11 miles south of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The Sunlight Mine was operated by the Garfield <br />Energy Corporation. The Mined Land Reclamation Board revoked the operating permit and forfeited <br />the reclamation bond in 1987. As provided for in Colorado Surface Mining Control and Reclamation <br />Act, the Division assumed the task of accomplishing reclamation of the site between 1990 and 1999. <br />Written comments, objections and requests for an informal conference or a formal public hearing before the <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board may be submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 within 30 days of this letter. <br />If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at (303) 866 -3567 ext 8142. <br />Sincerely, <br />4aA___L <br />Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />brock.bowles@state.co.us <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />of Cp�0 <br />Q 0 <br />18 76 ', <br />