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O. c,- S -= III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SNOWMASS COAL COMPANY P.O. Box 1354 Palisade, Colorado 81526 (303) 464-7951 November 10, 1981 ~~a' ~~~~~,f7~~ f~~. ~ ~. ~ :5", NOV 1 G 1987 Regional Planning Commission 0.Fitiep LAND District 11 t~ECLAtUA}-ION DIVISION Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado P. 0. Box 351 Rifle, Colorado 81650 Gentlemen: Snowmass Coal Company notified Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division August 15, 1986 of its intent to go into permanent cessation and begin reclamation of the North Thompson Creek Mine Site and the Carbondale Loadout Site. Since that date, the portals of the North Thompson Creek No. 1 and No. 3 Mines have been sealed and backfilled, surface facilities at the mine site and Loadout site have been removed and the disturbed areas have been re-contoured. This work has been done in accordance with plans approved by Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division in Permit To Conduct Mining No. C-025-81. Seeding and mulching is underway at the mine site and part of the Loadout and is scheduled for completion by mid November 1987. The remaining seeding at the Loadout will be done in the spring of 1988. , One provision of Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division's Rules is that the mine must be bonded for the estimated reclamation cost. Now that the majority of reclamation is complete, Snowmass Coal Company has formerly requested a partial bond release from the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division. We are presently bonded for $1,750,000 and have requested that the bond be reduced to $300,000. In accordance with the Divisions Rule 3.03.2(1), we are required to send written notice of our request to reduce the bond to adjacent land owners and various local governing bodies. As a local governing body, you are hereby being notified. The area for which partial bond release is being requested is at the North Thompson Creek Mine Site and the Carbondale Loadout site. The mine is located approximately 8 miles south west of Carbondale, Colorado, in the S1/2 NE1/4, Section 34 and the NW1/4, W1/2 NE1/4, Section 35, T.85., R.89W., 6th P.M. The Loadout is located approximately 2 miles north west of Carbondale in lots 10, 11, 12 and 16, Section 20 and lots 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, Section 29, T.7S., R.88W., 6th P.M. The Loadout site also includes a haul road starting approximately 2 miles west of Carbondale and crossing Sections 5 and 6, T.8S., R.88W., 6th P. M. and Sections 29, 30 and 32, T.7S., R.88W., 6th P.M.