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J. E. STOVER & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br />P.O. BOX 60340 <br />GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81506 <br />PHONE: (970) 245-4101, FAX 242-7908 <br />iestover(~bresnan.net <br />MINE ENGINEERING <br />MINE RECLAMATION <br />October 5, 2006 <br />PHASE III BOND RELEASE LETTER <br />Garfield County Planning Department <br />109 8'" Street <br />Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 <br />Dear People_ <br />CIVIL ENGINEERING <br />CONST. MANAGEMENT <br />Minrec, Inc., is the successor in interest to Snowmass Coal Company's responsibilities under <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety, Permit No. C-1981-025. The major portion of the <br />reclamation work was performed during 1986 and 1987. Some ponds were reclaimed during 1994 <br />and the No. 1 Mine Portal area was contoured and seeded late in 1998. <br />One provision of the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety's Rules is that the mine must be <br />bonded for the estimated reclamation cost. The Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety released a <br />portion of the bond in 1988 after backfilling and grading of the site was complete. Another portion of <br />the bond was released during 2003 after completion of all reclamation operations on 58.9 acres of <br />the remaining 63.2 disturbed-area/affected-area acres within the permit. Minrec, Inc., has formerly <br />requested a final bond release from the Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety. Minrec, Inc., has <br />a bond of $100,000 and has requested the entire bond be released. In accordance with the <br />Division's Rule 3.03.2(1), Minrec, Inc., is required to send written notice of its bond release request <br />to adjacent land owners, surface owners and various local governing bodies. <br />The areas for which bond release are being requested are the permit areas overlying the <br />underground coal mine workings and the loadout, the four water monitoring flume bases, two water- <br />monitoring piezometers and the 4.1 acre developed water resources area. The North Thompson <br />Creek mines are located approximately 9.5 miles from the bridge across the Crystal River up County <br />Road 108, (North Thompson Creek Road) in Pitkin Countyand the loadout is located along County <br />Road 109 approximately Z miles north of the intersection of County Roads 108 and 109 in Garfield <br />County. <br />Sincerely, <br />J. E. Stover, P.E. <br />Consulting Engineer <br />