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Proposed Public Notice Application for Release of Liability Nucla Mine, Montrose County, Colorado Permit C-81-008 Peabody Coal Company, 1300 S. Yale, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 has filed an application with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD) for release of liability on 55.6 acres in the Nucla Mine permit area (Permit C-81-008, initially approved by the CMLRD on May 26, 1983), in order to facilitate expansion of the Montrose/San Miguel County Landfill. The lands proposed for release of liability are described as: Portions of the S# S} and N} S}, Sec. 25 T47N, R16W The 7.5 minute USGS Quadrance map shows the above described area. Surface owners are Montrose County and San Miguel County. The 55.6 acres included in this application for release of liability are included in the Nucla landfill certificate of designation issued by Montrose County on December 20, 1988. The CMLRD approved the change in land use on this acreage from dryland pasture to industrial/commercial on February 28, 1969. Because the landfill will expand into existing mined out pits, no backfilling or grading has occurred in this area so that the County may conduct its landfilling operation efficiently. There is sufficient spoil material available in the area to meet the backfill requirements of the landfill. Therefore, reclamation standards for the industrial/commercial (ie. landfill) land use have been met. The current reclamation bond held by CMLRD for Permit C-81-008 is $1,730,280. At this time Peabody is not requesting a reduction in the bonding level at Nucla Mine. The purpose of this application is to release Peabody from liability on that area which will be operated as a landfill by the surface owners. Therefore, the bond currently held by CMLRD will remain sufficient to insure reclamation. Written comments, objections, and requests far a public hearing or informal conference on this application for release of liability may be submitted to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, 215 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303-866-3567), and must be received by the Division by June 19, 1989.