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PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Coors Energy Company, P.O, Box 467, Golden, CO 80402, phone (303) 277- <br />3455, has filed a Phase I bond release application with the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology for the Keenesburg Mine (CDMG permit # C-81-028). The <br />bond release application is available for inspection at the Colorado Division of <br />Minerals and Geology, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver Colorado 80203 <br />and the Town HaA in Keenesburg, Colorado during the review period. The mining <br />and reclamation permit was approved November 3, 1991. The permitted area is <br />within Sections 25 and 36, T3N, R64W, 6th Prime Meridian, Weld County, <br />Colorado. The surface owner of the property for which bond release is requested <br />is Coors Energy Company. The U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute quadrangles titled "Klug <br />Ranch" and "Tampa" contain the permit azea of the mine. The permit azea is <br />located 7 miles north of Keenesburg, CO and is accessed by Weld County Road <br />59. Phase I bond release is sought for successful completion of backfilling, <br />grading, and drainage control on approximately 51.76 acres within the permitted <br />mine site. The areas eligible for Phase I bond release were backfilled, graded, <br />topsoiled, and revegetated between 1997 and 2003. Coors Energy Company is <br />requesting a release of $706,620.00 of the total $2,614,909,00 surety reclamation <br />bond remaining for the site. Anyone wishing to submit written comments, <br />objections, or request a public hearing or informal conference must submit such <br />request or comments to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology, 1313 <br />Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver Colorado 80203 within thirty (30) days of the <br />last publication of this notice. Published in The New News, , 2004. <br />