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 COLOlZADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 5[., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone] N OT[CE OF UPCOMING BOND RELEASE INSPECTION
Date: October 22, 2001
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
RECLAMATION
MINING•SAFETY

From: Tom Kaldenbach ~1C Rill Owens
covemor
Environmental Protection S ecialist
P Greg E. Walther
Ezecubve Director
Division of Minerals and Geology
Phone [phone] Michael R. Long
Division D~reclor
To: Papoulas Land Company
Box 907
Craig, CO 81625
Re: Phase III (final) bond release inspection at Mine 1 and the Eckman Pazk Mine near 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 R.m., Frid¢y, 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 town on U.S. Highway 40 to Routt County Rd. 27.
Turn south on Rd. 27, then go approximately 20 miles to 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 requirements 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 [his notice to give you the opportunity [o participate in
[he 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]