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o is <br />•r Notice of Proposed Decision <br />The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology has issued a proposed decision to approve Bond <br />Release Application No. 2 (SL-2) for the Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C-81-019. The mine is <br />operated by Colowyo Coal Company L. P. under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act of 1979. The bond release application was submitted by Colowyo Coal Company <br />L.P. on September 25, 1997. This application, titled 1997 Phase I Bond Release, 1987-1995 <br />Reclaimed Areas, is for release of reclamation liability for reclamation work accomplished only, not <br />a return of bond monies. The work accomplished was backfilling, grading, establishing of drainage, <br />and placing of topsoil over 712.1 acres of ground disturbed during mining activities. The affected <br />area is located in Moffat County, approximately 28 miles South of Craig. <br />Notice of this proposed decision was published in the Craig Daily Press on May 6, 1998. However, <br />a correction has been made to page 18 of the Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance. <br />Specifically, a part of line 10 of page 18 is changed from "there were adverse effects" to read "there <br />were no adverse effects". <br />Copies of the proposed decision, with the changed page 18, are available for review at the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology office, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado <br />80203, and at the office of the Moffat County Clerk and Recorder. <br />Any person who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request an adjudicatory <br />hearing regarding this proposed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within <br />thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice (advising of the changed page 18), and shall <br />state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and objections to the proposed decision. <br />r <br /> <br />