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Public Notice
<br />Oakridge Energy, Inc., whose office is located at 4613 Old Jacksboro Highway, Wichita
<br />Falls, Texas 76301 (telephone 940.322.4772) has filed an application for Phase III, final
<br />bond and liability release for the reclaimed Carbon Junction Mine (Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety permit C-1992-080, initially approved July 31, 1993 and
<br />reissued July 31, 2013). The current bond on deposit is a cash bond in the amount of
<br />$112,165.00. The application for bond release seeks total release of the entire reclamation
<br />bond amount, release from final liability for reclamation, and termination of jurisdiction by
<br />the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety for the 164.19 acres (62 acres of
<br />disturbance) within the mine permit area. Final reclamation work was undertaken in 2006
<br />for the majority of the mine, with additional work removing the sediment control system in
<br />2008 and 2009. Quantitative analysis of the reclamation and revegetation in 2008, 2015,
<br />and 2016 revealed that the reclamation achieved or exceeded the reclamation success
<br />criteria contained in the approved reclamation permit. All required reclamation operations
<br />have been completed at the former mine site. Results from the quantitative analysis of the
<br />reclamation demonstrate the establishment of a diverse, effective and permanent vegetation
<br />community of the same seasonal variety native to the land disturbed, as required for final
<br />bond release.
<br />The legal description of the permit area is: a tract of land located within Section 4,
<br />Township 34 North, Range 9 West, Section 33, Township 34'/2 North, Range 9 West, and
<br />Section 33 of Township 35 North, Range 9 West of the New Mexico Principal Meridian,
<br />La Plata County, Colorado and being more particularly described as follows:
<br />A perimeter tract of land less an inscribed tract of land located In Section 33, Township
<br />35 North, Range 9 West, Section 33, Township 34'/2 North, Range 9 West and Section
<br />4, Township 34 North, Range 9 West, North of Ute Line, New Mexico Principal
<br />Meridian, In La Plata County, Colorado, being more particularly described as follows:
<br />Beginning at the Southeast Corner of said Section 33, Township 35 North; thence S 89°
<br />55' 10" W, 513.29 feet along the south line of said Section 33, Township 35 North;
<br />thence S 18° 14' 00" W, 3334.13 feet to the East 1/16 Comer common to said Section
<br />33, Township 34%2 North and said Section 4; thence S 03° 17'33" W, 1137.79 feet along
<br />the east line of the NW'/4NEI/4 of said Section 4 to the Northeast 1/16 Corner of said
<br />Section 4; thence S 79° 49' 43" W, 1092.45 feet along the south line of the NW'/4NE1/4
<br />of said Section 4 to the Center -North 1/16 Corner of said Section 4; thence S 79° 23'29"
<br />W, 916.43 feet along the south line of the NE'/4NW1/4 of said Section 4 to a 5/8" rebar
<br />with a 11/2" aluminum cap stamped PLS 18450; thence North, 1234.40 feet to the north
<br />line of the NEI/4NW1/4 of said Section 4; thence N 82° 40' 03" E, 269.99 feet along the
<br />north line of the NEI/4NW1/4 of said Section 4 to a 5/8" rebar with a 11/2" aluminum cap
<br />stamped PLS 18450; thence N 12° 46' 13" E, 1495.67 feet; thence N 02° 32' 25" E,
<br />318.25 feet; thence N 82° 42' 50" E, 255.73 feet; thence N 00° 30' 26" E, 358.02 feet;
<br />thence N 52° 044'41" E, 347.51 feet; thence N 02° 32'25" E, 175.16 feet; thence N 00°
<br />59' 47" E, 548.75 feet; thence East, 600.00 feet; thence N 14° 06' 30" E, 235.92 feet;
<br />thence N 72° 09' 57" E, 174.30 feet; thence S 69° 50'40" E, 359.30 feet; thence N 21°
<br />31' 37" E, 791.07 feet; thence N 85° 48' 07" E, 1505.47 feet to the east line of the
<br />SEI/4SEI/4 of said Section 33, Township 35 North; thence S 00° 53'22" W, 709.42 feet
<br />along the east line of the SEV4SEI/4 of said Section 33, Township 35 North to the point
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