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Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />B. 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 Reclamation <br />Act 34-33-101, et seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase I <br />Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Mine site. The application pertains to the <br />existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C-1981-019 by Colowyo Coal Company L.P., <br />5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641, filed with the Colorado Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), Colorado Department of Natural <br />Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 and approved by <br />the Division on April 5, 2013 (latest Permit Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located <br />approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. <br />The bond release area applied for totals 65.6 acres and as reclaimed in 2015. The status <br />of the reclamation is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation plan <br />which includes backfill and regrading to the approved post mine topography, variable <br />topsoil depth replacement, and seeding with the approved seed mixture. Exhibit 1 <br />presents all of the reclaimed areas by year. Listed below is a general legal description of <br />these areas: <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 9 — E 11/z; <br />Section 8 —SE 1/4; <br />Colowyo currently holds a self -bond (Bond No. SB -010) in the amount of $80,517,829. <br />With this bond release application, the Colowyo Mine will be requesting relinquishment <br />of 60% of the bond held for the parcel applied for under this application. <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, 81641. 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 of <br />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, whichever is <br />later. <br />SL -09 Phase I Bond Release Application Page 4 <br />