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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 published <br />August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et <br />seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase II and III Bond Release of a <br />portion of the Colowyo Mine site. The application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, <br />Permit No. C-1981-019, Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, <br />Colorado 81641, filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado <br />80203, and approved by the Division on April 5, 2013 (latest Permit Renewal). The Colowyo <br />Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. <br />The application areas for both Phase II and III bond release were reclaimed from 1995 through <br />2012. The Phase II areas total approximately 822.4 acres, and the Phase III acres total <br />approximately 222.6 acres and all areas are shown in detail on Maps 1 and 2 within the <br />application. The status of the reclaimed areas is consistent with the requirements of the approved <br />reclamation plan which includes achievement of Phase I and in some cases Phase II bond release, <br />a minimum of 5 years since the last seeding and rill and gully repair, and the reclamation parcels <br />have met the requirements of the revegetation success criteria for two years. Listed below is a <br />general legal description of this area: <br />Phase II Areas <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6t1 P.M. <br />Section 3—NW1/4SW1/4, NW1/4NE1/4, SEI/4SE1/4 <br />Section 4—NW1/4SE1/4, NEI/4, SWI/4, SE1/4 <br />Section 9 —N1/2 <br />Section 10 - NW1A, S1/2 <br />Section 15 —N1/2 <br />Section 34 — SW1/4SE1/4 <br />Phase III Areas <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 61h P.M. <br />Section 3—NWI/4SW1A <br />Section 4 — NE1/4N1/2, NEIASE 1/4 <br />Section 10—NW1/4SE1/4, NW1/4NE1/4, SWI/4E1/2, SEI/451/2, NEIASW 1A <br />Section 11 — SW1/4SW1/4 <br />Section 15—NW1ANE 1A, NEI/4N1/2 <br />Colowyo currently holds a self -bond (Bond No. SB -010) in the amount of $95,517,829. With <br />this bond release application, the Colowyo Mine will be requesting relinquishment of 25% of the <br />base bond held for the Phase II parcels, and relinquishment of 100% of the bond held for the <br />Phase III parcels applied for under this application. <br />A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat Count Clerk and Recorder's Office <br />located in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way, Craig, Colorado 81625. <br />SL -14 Phase II and Phase III Bond Release Application Page 2 <br />