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Publisher's Affidavit and Proof of Publication
<br />R I O E% A N C O
<br />Heralid 1..
<br />iffies
<br />592 Main Street, Suite 6 • Meeker, Colorado 81641-0720
<br />Phone (970)878-4017 • FAX (970)878-4016
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />Ss,
<br />COUNTY OF RIO BLANCO
<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado I, Debbie Watson, do solemnly swear that I am the
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Board published August
<br />1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Office manager acting on behalf of Mitch Bettis,
<br />Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, at seq., notice owner/publisher of the Rio Blanco Herald Times,
<br />Is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase formerly known as The Meeker Herald and The Rangely
<br />I Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Mine Times weekly newspapers; that the same is a weekly
<br />site. The application pertains to the existing Colowyo newspaper published in the County of Rio Blanco, State
<br />Coal Mine, Permit No. C-1981-019 by Colowyo Coal
<br />CompanyL.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, of Colorado, and has a general circulation therein; that
<br />Colorado 81641, filed with the Colorado Division said newspaper has been published continuously and
<br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), Colorado uninterruptedly in said County of Rio Blanco for a period
<br />Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman of more than fifty-two consecutive weeks next prior to the
<br />Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 and first publication of the annexed legal notice or
<br />approved by the Division on April 5, 2013 (latest
<br />Permit Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to
<br />approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. the United States mails as second-class matter under the
<br />The bond release areas applied for total 189.6 acres provision of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any
<br />and were reclaimed in 1996, 2011, 2013 and 2014 amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a weekly
<br />respectively. The status of the reclamation is consistent
<br />with the requirements of the approved reclamation newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and
<br />plan which includes backfill and regrading to the advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the
<br />approved post mine topography, variable topsoil depth State of Colorado.
<br />replacement,. and seeding with the approved That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was
<br />seed mixture. Post -mine channels that are being published in the regular and entire issue of every number
<br />applied for have also been constructed to the
<br />specifications in the approved permit application. of said weekly newspaper for the period of
<br />Exhibit 1 presents all of the reclaimed areas by year. consecutive insertions; and that the first publication of
<br />Listed below is general legal description of these said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated
<br />areas: Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the _I &` A.D. 2014, and that the last
<br />6th P. I. Section 3 - SW1/4 of the N1/2 Section bli tion of said notice was in the issue of said
<br />4 - N 112, NE 114; Section 10 -N 112; Section 15
<br />- NW 1/4; Section 16 - SWII/4 of the S112 Section newspaper dated, A.D. 201 .
<br />17 - N 1/2; Section 20 - NE 1/4; Section 21 - NW In witness where I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />114; Colowyo currently holds a self -bond (Bond day of A.D. 2015.
<br />No. SB -010) in the amount of $80,517,829. With
<br />this bond release application, the Colowyo Mine will
<br />be requesting relinquishment of 60% of the bond
<br />held for the parcels applied for under this \
<br />application. Acopy of the bond release application
<br />is on file at the Moffat Count Clark and Recorders Debbie Watson, office manager acting on behalf
<br />Office k6led In the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 of Mitch Bettis, owner/publisher
<br />West Victory Way, Craig, Colorado 81625 and the
<br />Rio Blanco County Clerk and Recorder's Office in
<br />the Rio Blanco Courthouse located at 555 Main Street
<br />#3{73. Meeker, CO, 81641. Written commenis, Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public in
<br />048CtioM and requests for apttblochearing orinfarnal and for the County of Rio Blanco, State of Colorado, this
<br />conference conceming this bond release application
<br />should be addressed to the Colorado Divislcn of day of XZ11-11-- A., D. 201,x.
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<br />Street Room215, Denver, ColorI .l
<br />Colorado 80203. 13 Shermanti`�QP�
<br />Comments must be filed within thirty (30) days fro •' t7 T A �,
<br />the last date of This publication, or within thirty (30)—.
<br />days of the completed inspection by the CDRMS, lVrrtry I'u61i
<br />whichever is later. My commission expires
<br />Published: July 16, 23, 30, and August 6, 2015
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