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Savage and Savage ENVIRONMENTAL p~actkaf soluttona fo~emironmerrWl issues 4670 Haystack Dr(ve 970 674 8080 telephone Windsor, Colorado 80550 970 674 8088 facsimile savageandsavage~earthlink.net August 23, 2004 WJW Properties LLC 16350 Weld County Road 76 Eaton, CO 80615 Re: Notice of Application for Phase I Bond Release for the Coors Energy Company Keenesburg Mine (CDMG file C-81-028) Dear Sir or Madam: Coors Energy Company is applying for Phase I bond release for reclamation conducted at selected azeas within the permit area 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 azea of the mine. The permitted area is within Sections 25 and 36, T3N, R64W, 6th Prime Meridian, Weld County, Colorado. The parcel 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 Reeulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd for Coal Minine. This letter will serve to notify you that Coors Energy Company is requesting bond release in the amount of $706,620.00 of the total bond amount of $2,614,909.00 for successful completion of backfilling, grading, and drainage control on approximately 51.76 acres in accordance with the approved reclamation plan for the Keenesburg Mine. The release of this money would release up to 60 percent of the applicable reclamation bond for those azeas where backfilling and grading has been successfully accomplished. The complete bond release application submitted to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology will be on file with the Division 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.