REV92173

• Permit No: C1981028
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/5/2005
• Doc Name: Bond Release Application Package
• From: Savage and Savage
• To: DMG
• Type & Sequence: SL3
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Savage and Savage ENVIRONMENTAL
practical aoluttona for envlronmerrtal issues
4610 Haystack Drive 970 674 8080 telephone
Windsor, Colorado 80550 970 6748088 facslmtle
savages ndsavage~earGhltnk.net
July 1, 2005
WJW Properties LLC
16350 Weld County Road 76
Eaton, CO 80615
Re: Notice of Application for Phase II Bond Release for limited azeas of the Coors
Energy Company Keenesburg Mine (CDMG file C-81-028)
Dear Sir or Madam:
Coors Energy Company is applying for Phase II bond release for reclamation conducted
at selected azeas within the permit azea of the Keenesburg Mine. The mine is located 7
• miles north of Keenesburg, Colorado and is accessed by Weld County Road 59. The
USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps, "Klug Ranch" and "Tampa" contain the permit area
of the mine. The permitted area is within Sections 25 and 36, T3N, R64W, 6th Prime
Meridian, Weld County, Colorado. The pazcel for which bond release is sought is within
portions of Section 25 and 36, T3N, R64W. As required by Colorado law, whenever
bond release is requested, all interested or affected parties with a valid legal interest must
be notified, and afforded the opportunity to comment or request an informal conference
on the bond release in accordance with Rule 3.03.3 of the Regulations of the Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Mining. This letter will serve to notify you that
Coors Energy Company is requesting bond release in the amount of $191,433.10 of the
total bond amount of $2,614,909.00 for retopsanding and successful establishment of
vegetation that supports the approved post mining land use and which meets the approved
success standard for cover on approximately 53.9 acres in accordance with the approved
reclamation plan for the Keenesburg Mine. The release of this money would release the
actual monetary amount calculated to undertake these tasks in the reclamation bond for
those areas where vegetation that supports the approved post-mining land use and meets
the approved success standazd of cover has been successfully established (Rule
3.03.1(2)(b)). The bond release application package submitted to the Colorado Division
of Minerals and Geology will be on file with the Division of Minerals and Geology in
Denver at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, and the Weld County Clerk and Recorder's
Office, 915 10th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80632 during the review period. All
information pertinent to the bond release request is presented in this application.
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