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Savage and Savage <br />prartiw! solutions for eavironmenm(proh(ems <br />• <br />463 West Sumac Court <br />Louisville, Colorado 60027-2227 <br />Land Restoration and Reclamation Services <br />iii-ii~~i ii iii <br />303 646-7372 telephone <br />303 665fi808 facsimile <br />• <br />October 15, 1996 <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />60 S. 27th Ave. <br />Brighton, CO 80601 <br />Re: Notice of Application for Phase I and II Bond Release for the Coors Energy <br />Company Keenesburg Mine (CDMG file C-81-028) <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />Coors Energy Company is applying for Phase I and II bond release for reclamation <br />conducted at selected areas within the permit area of the Keenesburg Mine. The mine <br />is located 7 miles north of Keenesburg, Colorado and is accessed by Weld County <br />Road 59. The USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps, "Klug Ranch" and "Tampa" contain <br />the permit area of the mine. The permitted area is within Sections 25 and 36, T3N, <br />R64W, 6th Prime Meridian, Weld County, Colorado. The parcel for which bond <br />release is sought is within portions of Section 25 and 36, T3N, R64W. As required by <br />Colorado law, whenever bond release is requested, all interested or affected parties <br />with a valid legal interest must be notified, and afforded the opportunity to comment or <br />request an informal conference on the bond release in accordance with Rule 3.03.3 of <br />the Regplations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. <br />This letter will serve to notify you that Coors Energy Company is requesting bond <br />release in the amount of $3,301,516.00 of the total bond amount of $4,402,022.00 for <br />successful completion of backfilling, grading, and drainage control on approximately <br />153 acres, and establishment of vegetation on approximately 41 acres in accordance <br />with the approved reclamation plan for the Keenesburg Mine. The release of this <br />money would release up to 60 percent of the applicable reclamation bond for those <br />azeas where backfilling and grading has been successfully accomplished and up to 85 <br />percent of the applicable reclamation bond for areas where vegetation has been <br />established. The complete bond release application submitted to the Colorado Division <br />of M'merals and Geology will be on file with the Division in Denver at 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Room 215, and the Weld County Clerk and Recorder's Office, 915 10th Street, <br />Greeley, Colorado 80632 during the review period. All information pertinent to the <br />bond release request is presented in this application. <br /> <br />