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Savage and Savage Environmental <br /> practical solutions for environmental concerns } <br /> 4610 Haystack Drive 970. 674. 8080 telephone <br /> f <br /> Windsor, Colorado 80550 savageandsavage@earthlink.net <br /> r <br /> i <br /> November 7, 2022 <br /> Mr. Levi Broyles, District Ranger <br /> USDA Forest Service <br /> Paonia Ranger District <br /> P.O. Box 1030 <br /> Paonia, Colorado 81428 <br /> Re: Notice of Application for Phase III Final Bond Release of Selected Areas at the <br /> Mountain Coal Company, LLC West Elk Mine (CDRMS file C-1980-007) <br /> Dear Mr. Broyles: <br /> Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC) is applying for a Phase III final liability and bond <br /> release for portions of the West Elk Mine (Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, <br /> and Safety permit C-1980-007) in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. The <br /> subject of the bond release is a release from liability and reclamation bond for areas <br /> where it has been demonstrated that MCC has successfully completed all reclamation <br /> obligations and successfully met the final revegetation success criteria. <br /> The application for bond release includes reclaimed sites located within the West Bench, <br /> Sylvester Gulch, Shaft Canyon Road, and Saddle Road areas of the mine site <br /> encompassing approximately 9.25 acres. The reclaimed areas requesting bond release are <br /> located within the current permit area and are found within Sections 14, 22, 23, 26, and <br /> 27, T13S, R90W; all within the 6th Prime Meridian, Gunnison County, Colorado. The <br /> mine permit area entrance is located approximately two miles east of Somerset, Colorado, <br /> and is accessed from Colorado Highway 133. <br /> As required by Colorado law, whenever bond release is requested, all interested or <br /> affected parties with a valid legal interest must be notified and afforded the opportunity to <br /> comment or request an informal conference on the bond release in accordance with Rule <br /> 3.03.3 of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br /> Mining. <br /> This letter will serve to notify you that MCC is requesting Phase III final liability and <br /> bond release in the amount of approximately $29,416.08 of the total calculated current <br /> reclamation bond liability amount of$11,756,466.23. A copy of the entire bond release <br />