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PUBLIC NOTICE • Seneca Coal Company, 37796 Routt County Road 53, P.O. Box 670, Hayden, Colorado 81639, (CDMG Pemut No. C-80-005, approved September 23, 1981) is requesting release of bond liability on 259.1 reclaimed acres oEPre-Law area currently within the permit boundary at the Seneca TI Mine. Surety bonds in the amount of $1,491,736 are currently in place of which $1,183,794 is being requested for release. The approved reclamation plan can be reviewed in its entirety in the Seneca II Mine Permit Application Package located in the Hayden Public Library, Hayden, Colorado. All affected lands within Seneca II Mine fall within pre-law, interim program and permanent program categories. The regulatory programs are identified as follows: • Mined prior to August 3, 1977. (Pre-Law) • Mined and reclaimed after August 3, 1977 and prior to May 3, 1978. • Mined and reclaimed after May 3, 1978 and prior to the approval of the applicable regulatory program or issuance of the permanent program permit (September 23, 1981). (interim Program) • Mined and reclaimed after September 23, 1981. (Permaxent Program) For the purposes of this Bond Release request, only the lands mined prior to August 3, 1977 (Pre-Law) aze included. The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety previously released Phase I liability on the adjacent lands permitted under the SMCRA permanent program. The following is a brief summary of the Pre-Law area reclamation that was completed. Backfilling and grading was conducted beginning in 1972 and was completed prior to August 3, 1977. The majority of the grading work was performed with dozers and motor graders. In some cases grading was done with scrapers and draglines. All azeas affected by the surface mining operations, except as specifically exempted by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, were regraded on a timely basis to a stable configuration that conformed with the approved reclamation plan and postmirtiug land use (livestock grazing and wildlife habitat). For the most pazt, grading was done along contour to also minimi>e erosion. Any time operations were conducted on steep slopes that could present safety concerns to the operators, then grading was done in a direction other than parallel to contour. The Seneca II Mine is located approximately nine (9) miles southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The specific azea (259.1 acres) to which this bond release request applies is included within the Permit Area located as follows: TSN. R87\SV Section 1: All Section 2: All Section 3: Portions of E'/zEYz Section 11: NE'/,, N'hNW"/<, SE'/<NW'/<, NE'/.SE'/a, Portions of SE'/aSE'/., and NW'/aSE'/< Section 12: All Section 13: NYzN'/:N'/z T6N R87W Section 27: Section 34: • Section 35: Section 3G: Portions oESE'/4SW'/., SW'/aSW'/<, SW'/.SE'/<, and SEYaSE'/< E'/:E'/z, NWYaNE'/., Portions of NE'/<NW'/<, and SW'/aNE'/< W'/z, W'/zEYz, Portions of SE'/<NE'/<, and E'/zSE'/< Portions of S'/zS'/z