REV102252

• Permit No: C1981071
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 10/22/2001
• Doc Name: PHASE III FINAL BOND RELEASE INSPECTION AT MINE 1 ECKMAN PARK MINE NEAR OAK CREEK COLO DMG PN C-81-0
• From: DMG
• To: COLO YAMPA COAL CO
• Type & Sequence: SL8
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Rewurces
1313 Sherman St„ Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone] NOTICE OF UPCOMING BOND RELEASE INSPECTION
Date: October 22, 2001
From: TomKaldenbach~K`
Environmental Protection Specialist
Division of Minerals and Geology
Phone [phone]
To: Office of Surface Mining
Att: Mr. Henry Austin
1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
Denver, CO 80202-5733
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY
Bill Owens
Governor
Greg E. Wal<her
Executive Dueclor
Michael B. Long
Division Dueclor
Re: Phase III (final) bond release inspection at Mine 1 and the Eckman Park Mine neaz Oak
Creek, Colorado (Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology Permit C-81-071)
The Division of Minerals and Geology has scheduled a bond release inspection at Mine 1 and the Eckman
Park Mine. The Division received a bond release application from the mine operator, Colorado Yampa
Coal Company, on October 17, 2001, and found the application complete on October 22, 2001.
Time and date of the inspection: 8:30 a.m., Friday, November 2, 2001.
Location of the inspection: Mine 1 and Eckman Park Mine, 8 miles northwest of Oak Creek,
Colorado.
From Oak Creek, follow Routt County Rd. 27 to the mine entrance (Twentymile Coal Co. office)
From Hayden, Colorado, go 6 miles. east of [own on U.S. Highway 40 to Rout[ Coun[y Rd. 27.
Turn south on Rd. 27, then go approximately 20 miles [o the Twentymile Coal Co. office
Purpose of the inspection: To verify that a 2,338.5-acre tract of land on Mine 1 and the Eckman Park
Mine meets the regulatory requiremen[s for Phase III bond release (final bond release). The
amount of the bond release request is $1,563,445.
Why you received this notice:
The Division of Minerals Geology sends this notice to give you the opportunity to participate in
the inspection. Our records show that you are one of the following parties that our Regulations
require us to notify prior to conducting a bond release inspection: the mine permittee, owner of
land within the bond release area, or a government agency.
For more information, please call Tom Kaldenbach at [phone]