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<br />Public Notice <br />Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. (MCC), West Elk Mine, P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO <br />81434, (970) 929-5015, has filed a complete application for Phase I Bond Release of the <br />Lone Pine Gulch Area, to Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C-80-007, with the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Boazd (Boazd), under the provisions of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. MCC is requesting Phase I Bond Release <br />of the Lone Pine Gulch Area. The original reclamation bond amount for this azea was <br />unavailable. The current amount, however, is $76,561.96. MCC is requesting the release <br />of $45,937.18, which is 60 percent of the current amount. MCC began reclaiming this <br />azea in April of 2002 and completed it in May 2002. Reclamation included sealing two <br />mine portals, backfilling and regrading the azea and installation of drainage control. The <br />Lone Pine Gulch Area consists of 4.5 acres of private land and is specifically located in <br />the Southeast'/< of Section 18, Township 13 South, Range 90 West. The current permit <br />was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, reissued August 1986, January 1993, <br />(Effective August 1991), July 1996, and renewed July 31, 2001. The five-year permit <br />term expires July 31, 2006. The West Elk Mine five-year permit azea contains lands in <br />Sections 9-11, 13-3Q and 34-36, Township 13 South, Range 90 West, 6`h PM; and <br />Sections 23-26, Township 13 South, Range 91 West, 4`h PM in Delta and Gunnison <br />Counties. The azea is found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset Quadrangle Topographic <br />• Map. The current permit azea encompasses approximately 9,696.3 acres. No proposed <br />increase in disturbed azea or production will occur as a result of this Phase I Bond <br />Release. <br />A copy of the Phase I Bond Release application is available for review at the Colorado <br />Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) Office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567, and the Gunnison <br />County Planning Department, 200 E. Virginia, Gunnison CO 81230. Written comments <br />or objections on the application must be submitted to the CDMG. <br />u <br />