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2.3 Public Notice <br />Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />published August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an <br />application for Phase I Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Mine site. The <br />application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C-1981-019 by <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641, <br />filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203 and approved by the Division on April 5, 2013 (latest Permit <br />Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, <br />Colorado. <br />The bond release areas, which include areas reclaimed from 1996 to 2014, total 189.6 <br />acres, and are shown in detail in Exhibit 1. Listed below is a general legal description <br />of these areas: <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6thP.M. <br />Section 4 — N 1/2, NE 1/4; <br />Section 10 —N 1/2; <br />Section 15 — NW 1/a; <br />Section 17 — N 1/2; <br />Section 20 - NE 1/a; <br />Section 21— NW 1/4; <br />Colowyo currently holds a self -bond (Bond No. SB -010) in the amount of <br />$80,517,829. Exhibit 1 presents all of the reclaimed areas by year. The status of the <br />reclamation is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation plan and <br />is further described in the 2014 Annual Reclamation Report. <br />A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat Count Clerk and <br />Recorder's Office located in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way, <br />Craig, Colorado 81625 and the Rio Blanco County Clerk and Recorder's Office in the <br />Rio Blanco Courthouse located at 555 Main Street #303, Meeker, CO, 8164. Written <br />comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing or informal conference <br />concerning this bond release application should be addressed to the Colorado Division <br />of Reclamation Mining and Safety, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. <br />Comments must be filed within thirty (30) days from the last date of this publication, <br />or within thirty (30) days of the completed inspection by the CDRMS. <br />