REV07488

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NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SEEK BOND RELEASE
PROPOSED PUBLIC NOTICE
Kerr Coal Company (Kerr) has filed an application with the Colorado Division of Mmerak and
Geology (DMG) for partial release of the existing reclamation sttrety bond for the Marr Mme (IvLne)
and Kerr Loadout (Loadout). Kerr u the owner, operator, and permittee tinder Permit No. G80-006
for the Mme and Loadout. The Mine is located approximatelyten miles east of Walden, Colorado on
County Road 12 and the Loadout is located on the south edge of Walden adjacent to the Illinois River
and the former Louisiana-Pacific lumber mill. Kerr's business address is:
Kerr Coal Company Kerr Coal Company
2155 Resort Drive Mine Office
Steamboat Springs 1130 County Road 29A
Colorado 80477 P.O. Box 487
Walden, Colorado 80480
[phone]
The partial bond release request covers areas within the Mme and Loadout permit boundaries which
encompass the following specific areas:
Township 8N, Range 78W, 6~ Principal Meridian -Section 2
Township 9N, Range 78W, 6~h Principal -
Sections 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 35
Township 9N, Range 79W, 6~ Principal Meridian -Sections 28 and 29
These areas are shown on the Johnny Moore Mountain, Gould NW, Walden, and Eagle Ifill 7.5
minute USGS Quadrangle Maps.
The Mute operated from 1974 through eazly 1993 under an approved pemut from the DMG. The
current mine permit was originally approved and issued on Mazch 20, 1981 and was subsequently
renewed on July 22, 1986, December 9, 1992, and May 15, 1996. The Marc Mine ceased active
operations in January 1993 and Kerr subsequently completed backfilling, grading, constmction of
postnainutg drainage control features, topsoil replacement, and persnanent revegetation seeding during
the period from 1993 through 1996 for the two remaining active mine pits, the 720 Pit and Pit 1, and
the associated overburden stockpile area. Kerr applied for and obtained DMG approval of a Phase I
partial bond release for completion of backfilling, grading, and drainage control activities for these
auras in 1995/1996. Kerr is requesting approval of a 25 percent Phase II partial bond release for
these areas for reestablishment of vegetation [o support the approved postmining land use and
restoration of adequate vegetative cover consistent with the approved revegetation success standards.
The separate coal loadout facility, which served the mine during active operations, was idled when the
mine shut down in 1993 and remairted idle while Kerr explored alternative uses for the loadout area
and associated facilities. When reasonable options for alternative toes were exhausted, Kerr
completed reclamation of loadout area in 1999 with facility removal, backfilling and grading, soil
material replacement, and pemtanent revegetation seeding. Kerr is requesting approval of a 60
percent Phase I partial bond release for completion of final backfilling, grading, and drainage control
in the Kerr Loadout Area.
Approval of the requested Phase I and Phase II partial bond releases will leave a bond balance of
5687,467. Rer*~~~~~ng mine disturbance areas that have not been reclaimed include a total of 42.7
acres including 37.9 acres associated with remaining facilities, roads, drainage and sediment control
stmctures, and topsoil stockpiles in the Mine Area and 4.8 acres associated with rema+~i~g facilities,
roads, drainage and sediment control structures m the Loadout Area. Kerr has received DMG