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<br />.01 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />RECEIVED
<br />0 3 2008
<br />Division ;,+ , • :.c amation.
<br />Mining and Safety
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA Iss.
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher
<br />of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly news-
<br />paper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty-two consecu-
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish-
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />tisement was published in the regular and entire issue two con-
<br />secutive insertions; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated February 20th, A.D., 2008,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated February 27th, A.D., 2008.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />27th day of February, A.D., 2008.
<br />Z."j
<br />General manager
<br />of said
<br />Delta County Independent.
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary
<br />Public in and for the County of Delta,
<br />State of Colorado, this 27th day of February,
<br />A.D., 2008.
<br />Notary Public
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED
<br />DECISION
<br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety. Proposes to
<br />Approve Permit Renewal Application
<br />NO. 5 (flN-5), submitted by MINREC.
<br />Inc. for a coW,miftng-permit at th6
<br />No. C-
<br />blue Ribbon Mine (Permit '
<br />j981_047). The-proposed renewal
<br />will allow for continued mining and/or..
<br />reclamation operations at the site. '
<br />The Blue Ribbon Mine is located
<br />An Delta County, approximately .
<br />miles northeast of Paonia, Colorado,
<br />Colorado.-Coal interest at this under-
<br />ground mine is Federal and private,
<br />and the, surface to be affected is.
<br />i. Private land. The permit area`encom-
<br />passes appro4imately 340:80 acres.
<br />This proposed,:decision is based on
<br />a finding that the proposed operation
<br />I will. comply with all requirements of
<br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
<br />i 'Reclamation Act: Section 34-33-101
<br />at seq:, C.A.S., and the regulations
<br />i promulgated thereunder.
<br />A;copy `Of the, 'Proposed., Decision
<br />;'arid Findings of Compliance,' includ-
<br />ing any stiputationa, is on file focpub-
<br />lic inspection at the Colorado Division
<br />of Reclamation, :Mining and Safety,
<br />Room 215 Centennial Building, 1313
<br />Sherman Street, . Denver, Colorado
<br />80203, the Paonia Public Library, 140
<br />Grand. Avenue, Paonia, CO 81428
<br />and at the Delta County Clerk's
<br />office, 50.1 Palmer, Suite 227, Delta,
<br />CO 81416. Persons with an interest
<br />that, may be adversely. affected by
<br />the proposed decision may request
<br />a formal hearing before the Mined
<br />Land Rectamatton Board on the pro<'
<br />posed decision. Such"request, must
<br />-be made within thirty (30) days of the.
<br />initial publication of this notice, must
<br />be in writing, -and musf state with
<br />reasonable specificity the reasons for .
<br />fithe request.and the objections to,the
<br />proposed decision.
<br />?... Published in the Delta County
<br />Independent, February 20 and 27, .
<br />w 2008 ., ,
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