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Public Notice Snowcap Coal Company, P.O. Box 1430, Palisade, CO 81526, has prepared an application for a Phase II & III bond release, for its Roadside South Portal Mine, Mining Permit No. CA 981-041, which will be submitted to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, after the last publication of this public notice. The permit was originally approved on January 3, 1983 and renewed on January 3, 2018. A corporate surety bond in the amount of $65,702.24 is currently in place, of which $14,444 is being requested for release. The application is requesting the release of approximately 10.4 acres of reclaimed surface lands and 291.3 acres of undisturbed surface lands at Snowcap Coal Company's Roadside South Mine. Portions of these areas have been undermined. Reclamation work has been performed from 1992 through 2007 and is located within Snowcap's permit boundary in T10S, R98W, Sections 34 and 35. The Roadside borrow area, North Decline, Substation A, Substation B and Conveyor Corridor locations have been reclaimed to fish and wildlife post -mining land use. Reclaimed light use roads and tank storage location have been reclaimed to stable configuration and support wildlife vegetation. The Roadside Mine is located approximately three miles northeast of Palisade, CO at the Interstate 70, Cameo Exit No. 46. The location of these sections is contained within the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Cameo Quadrangle map. The permit area is encompassed within the following lands: T10S, R98W6th P.M., Mesa County, CO: Sections 26, 34 & 35 T11S, R98W,, 6th P.M., Mesa County, CO: Section 2 containing 548 acres, more or less. The surface of the permit area is owned by numerous private land owners and the U. S. Government. The South Portal permit area contains 548 acres of land, of which 472.3 acres is private surface, 31 acres is state surface and 44.7 acres is federal surface. Written comments or objections to the proposed release, and a request for a public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to and additional information obtained from the Denver office of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety [Room 215, 1313 Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3567]. Comments, objections or requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be submitted to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this notice or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection, whichever is later.