2020-07-22_REVISION - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/22/2020
• Doc Name: Application
• From: Colowyo Coal Company LP
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: SL19
• Email Name: ZTT
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Colowyo Coal Company L.P.
B. Public Notice
Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board published
August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et
seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase II Bond Release application
on a portion of the Colowyo Mine site. The application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal
Mine, Permit No. C-1981-019, Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13,
Meeker, Colorado 81641, filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
(CDRMS), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215,
Denver, Colorado 80203, and approved by the Division on August 14, 2018 (latest Permit
Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado.
The Phase II bond release areas applied for, contains areas reclaimed from 2014-2017, totals
281.4 acres, and are shown in detail in Map 1 within the application. Listed below is a general
legal description of these areas:
Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6t'P.M.
Section 3 —NW '/4 NW '/4
Section 4— SW '/4 E '/2
Section 8 — SE '/4 NE '/4
Section 9 —NW '/4, SW '/4N '/2, NE '/4 SW '/4, SE '/4NW 1/4, and SE '/4 SE '/4
Section 10 — SW '/4 SW '/4
Section 15 —NW '/4 W '/2, SE '/4 NW '/4
Section 16 —NE '/4 E '/2
Township 4 North, Range 93 West of the 61 P.M.
Section 23 — SW '/4 E '/2
Colowyo currently holds a surety bond ( in the amount of
$115,000,000.00. With this application, Colowyo will be requesting relinquishment of 25% of
the base bond held for each parcels applied for under the Phase 11 application.
A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat County Clerk and Recorder's
Office located in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way, Craig, Colorado 81625.
Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing or informal conference
concerning this bond release application should be addressed to the Colorado Division of
Reclamation Mining and Safety, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman
Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203.
Comments must be filed within thirty (30) days from the last date of this publication, or within
thirty (30) days of the completed inspection by the CDRMS, whichever is later.
SL-19 Phase II Bond Release Application