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Ad #: 0000600902-01 Customer: C/O TRI-STATE, Your account number is: 910011778 PROOF OF PUBLICATION CRAIG PRESS STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF MOFFAT I, Sheli Steele, do solemnly swear that I am General Manager of the CRAIG PRESS, that the same daily newspaper printed, in whole or in part and published in the County of Moffat, State of Colorado, and has a general circulation therein; that said newspaper has been published continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of Moffat for a period of more than fifty-two consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as a periodical under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said daily newspaper for the period of 4 insertions; and that the first publication of said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated 7/17/2020 and that the last publication of said notice was dated 8/7/2020 in the issue of said newspaper. In witness whereof, I have here unto set my hand this day, 8/10/2020. SASI�d�p_ Sheli Steele, General Manager Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public in and for the County of Moffat, State of Colorado this day 8/10/2020. Holly Hunter, Notary Public My Commission Expires: August 19, 2021 HOtLy HLIHTER Notary P',LAc- Statepf Calo�Mfo Notary IO2MS4432733 ntyCammi�ion Expires Aug 44, 2621 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 Divi- sion on August 14, 2018 (latest Permit Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. The Phase I I bond release areas applied for, con- tains 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 descrip- tion of these areas: Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. Section 3— NW 1/4 NW Y4 Section 4 — SW Y4 E Yz Section 8 — SE 1/4 NE 1/4 Section 9—NW1/4,SWY4NYz,NE1/4SWY4,SE1/4 NW Y4, and SE Y4 SE % Section 10 — SW Y4 SW Y4 Section 15 — NW Y4 W Ya, SE Y4 NW Y4 Section 16 — NE Y4 E'h Township 4 North, Rangge 93 West of the 6th P.M. Section 23 — SW 1/4 E Yz Colowyo currently holds a surety bond (Bond No. 190044301) in the amount of $115,000,000.00. With this application, Colowyo will be requesting relin- quishment of 25% of the base bond held for each parcels applied for under the Phase II application. A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat County Clerk and Recorder's Office lo- cated in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way, Craig, Colorado 81625. Written com- ments, objections, and requests for a public hearing or informal conference concerning this bond release application should be addressed to the Colorado Di- vision 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. Published in the Craig Press on July 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 2020.