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.-, fi NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION The Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) has issued a proposed decision to approve a partial bond release for the Marr Strip Mine, permit number C-80-006. The Marr Strip Mine is permitted to and owned and operated by Kerr Coal Company. A request for 60% release of the liability bond amount applicable to the 720 Pit area was submitted by Kerr Coal Company for successful completion of backfilling, regrading and drainage control in accordance with the approved reclamation plan for the mine site. The original bond release request covered the Pit 1 and 720 Pit areas and was submitted March 18, 1994. On May 15, 1995, the bond release request was modified to include only the 720 Pit area. The DMG proposes to release $2,171,216.00 (60%) of the $3,618,694.00 bond amount applicable to the 720 Pit area. The DMG's proposed decision will retain $1,447,478.00 for reclamation liability remaining at the 720 Pit area and $891,950.00 for reclamation liability remaining at other locations at the mine site. The Marr Strip Mine is located in Jackson County, approximately ten (10) miles east of Walden, Colorado, on County Road 12. The 720 Pit area is located in portions of section 35, T. 9 N., R. 78 W. and section 2, T. 8 N., R. 78 W., of the 6th Principal Meridian and may be found on the U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute quadrangle maps titled Johnny Moore Mountain and Gould NW. Copies of the proposed decision are available for review at the office of the DMG, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203, and at the Jackson County Courthouse in Walden, Colorado. Any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by the proposed decision, or any responsible officer or head of any Federal, State, or local government agency which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise with respect to any environmental, social, or economic impact involved in the operation, or is authorized to develop and enforce environmental standards with respect to such operations, may request an adjudicatory hearing. The request for the adjudicatory hearing must be made in writing within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice, and must state with specificity the reasons why the hearing is being requested.