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PROPOSED PUBLIC NOTICE Oxbow Mining, LLC, (OMLLC) located at 3737 Hwy 133, P.O. Box 535, Somerset, CO 81434 has submitted to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, (CDRMS) an application for a partial bond release for its mining Permit C-1981-022. The mining permit was initially approved on October 11, 1983, and is presently undergoing the seventh renewal. Production at the Elk Creek Mine concluded in 2013 and reclamation has been occurring since. The current reclamation bond value is $4,500,000.00 and is in the form of a Corporate Surety. The equipment has been demolished and the area has been back filled and graded. The area shall remain as industrial post mining land use, and will not require topsoil or seeding. Therefore a phase 1 surety release of $398,000.00 is requested. This application covers a combined area of 20.6 acres located in the SW 1/4 of NEIA, NW 1/4 of SE1/4, SW 1/4 of SETA and SEI/4 of SETA of Section 8 of Colorado Township 13 South Range 90 West of the 6`h prime meridian. The requested areas are also known as the Coal Storage or Lower Pad, and the Portal or Middle Pad. These areas are North of the Town of Somerset, Colorado and are entirely within the interior of Oxbow Mining owned property. In early 2016, Oxbow Mining, LLC began demolition of its coal mine facilities near Somerset, Colorado. The structures removed from within the requested bond release areas include the Lamp house, Shop, Main Mine Portals and Structure, Tank Farm and Wash Bay, CV -1 Conveyor Drive Structure, Stack Tubes and Reclaim Tunnel, and associated pads and footings. Portions of the Elk Creek have been re-established. The permit area is located within the area shown on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute, Somerset and Bowie Quadrangle maps and more particularly described as follows: The surface facilities for the Elk Creek and Sanborn Creek mines are located north of the town of Somerset, which is located nine miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado. The facilities are located north of the North Fork of the Gunnison River (located due south of the town of Somerset), north of State Highway 133 and north of the Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way. The Elk Creek mine portal is located approximately one mile north and the reclaimed Sanborn Creek mine portal is located approximately one mile east of the town of Somerset. The Elk Creek Mine and Sanborn Creek Mine permit area is located on the following described lands: Township 12 South, Range 90, West, 6th PM Sec. 27: SV2SW'/4 Sec. 28: S%2S'/2 Sec. 29: S'/2S%2 Sec. 30: S'hS%2 Sec. 31: All Sec. 32: All Sec. 33: All Sec. 34: NW'/4 + Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19 and 20 Township 12 South, Range 91, West, 6th PM Sec. 25: S''/2S'/2 Sec. 26: S%2S'/2 Sec. 27: SE'/4SE'/4