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<br />Delta County
<br />ndep~endent
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA ss.
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher of
<br />the Delta County Independent that the same is a weekly newspaper
<br />printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County of Delta,
<br />State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in said County
<br />of Delta for a period of more than filly-two consecutive weeks prior to
<br />the first publication of the annexed legal notice or advertisement;
<br />that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as
<br />second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,
<br />1879, and all amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a
<br />weekly newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and
<br />advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of
<br />Co]orado; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for the period of -four
<br />consecutive insertions; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated August 1Sth A.D., 2004,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated September 8th ,A.D., 2004.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />_Sth_ day of -September-, A. D., 2004.
<br />General manager
<br />of said
<br />Delta County Independent.
<br />Subs- cribed and sworn before me, a Notary
<br />- ~ Public in and for the County of Delta,
<br />State of Colorado, this ___Sth___ day of
<br />- • September , A.D., 2004.
<br />Gtary~lV Public
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C.
<br />(MCC), West Elk Mine, P.O. Box'
<br />691, Somerset, ~CO 81434, (9]O)
<br />929-5016, has filed' an applica-
<br />tion for Phase I~BOntl Release of
<br />the Thermal Event Area, to Mining
<br />entl Reclamation PennE NO. C-80-.
<br />00], with the Coloredo Minetl Land
<br />Reclamation Board (Board), under
<br />the provisions rof the Coloratlo
<br />Surface Coal Mining Rxlamation Act
<br />of 19]9. MCC is requesting Phaze I
<br />Bond Release of the Thermal Event
<br />Area, also known-es Minor Revision
<br />2]0.-MCC currently holtls a corpo-'
<br />rate surety bontl pf $11.5 million for
<br />reclamation purposes. The original
<br />reclamation bontl amount for This
<br />area was unavailable. The current
<br />amount for this erea,~ however, is
<br />$260,699.]0. MCC is requesting
<br />the release of $166,419.82, which
<br />ig 60 percent of the aforementioned
<br />amount. MCC began reclaiming this
<br />area in May of 2000 and completetl
<br />it in ,September 2001. fleclamaticn`
<br />inclutletl plugging aril abantloning
<br />24 tlrill hales, 6acMilling entl regrgd-
<br />ing the'area to apProximata origi-
<br />nal contours and the installation of
<br />tlrainage control. The Thermal Event
<br />Area consists of approzimately 16
<br />acres of federal entl private land
<br />end is specifcalry locatee in She N
<br />1/2- of SMion 29 and the ~ S 1/2
<br />of Section 20„Township 13 ~SOUth,
<br />Range 90 Wesl. The current pennR
<br />waz originally issuetl fry the Board
<br />in July 1981, reissuetl August 1986,
<br />-January 1993, (Elfebtive August
<br />1991), July 1996, entl renewed July
<br />31, 2001. The five-year permit term'
<br />expires July 31, 2006. The West Elk
<br />Mine five-year permR area contains
<br />lantls in Sections 9-11, 13-30; and .
<br />3436; Township 13 South, Range
<br />90 West, .6th PM; and Sections 23-
<br />26, Township 13 South, Range 91
<br />West, 6M PM in Delta and Gunnison
<br />Counties. The area is. fountl on
<br />-the USGS ].6 minute Somerset
<br />Quadrangle Topographic Map. -The
<br />current permit area encompasses
<br />approximately 9,696.3 acres. No pro-
<br />posed increase In Olsturbed area or
<br />'protluction-will occur as a result of
<br />this Phase 1 Bontl Release,
<br />A copy of Ne Phase I Bontl Release
<br />application is available for review at
<br />the Coloratlo Division of Minerals entl
<br />Geology (COMG) OHke, Centennial
<br />BuiitlinB,1313 Sherman Street, Room
<br />216, Denver, Coloratlo, 80203, phone
<br />(303) 866356], and Me Gunnison
<br />County Planning Deparlmenq 200
<br />E: Virginia/ Gunnison CO 81230.
<br />Written comments, oblections, or
<br />request for an 'inbnnal conlerence
<br />on the application, must be submined
<br />to the CDMG ~wRhin thirty (30) days
<br />of the last publica8on or witllln Ihldy .
<br />(30) days of Me completedinspec-
<br />tion, whichever is later.
<br />Published in the Delta County
<br />Indepentlent August 18, 26,
<br />September 1 end 8. 2006.
<br />My commission expires 12/17/2005
<br />900 Cypress Wood bane, Delta, CO 81416
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