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Delta County
<br />ndep , endent
<br />I PEA W-7
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA Iss.
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher of the
<br />Delta County Independent, that the same is a weekly newspaper print-
<br />ed, in whole or in part, and published in the County of Delta, State of
<br />Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of Delta
<br />for a period of more than fifty-two consecutive weeks prior to the first
<br />publication of the annexed legal notice or advertisement; that said
<br />newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-
<br />class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all
<br />amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a weekly newspaper
<br />duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within
<br />the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal
<br />notice or advertisment was published in the regular and entire issue two
<br />consecutive insertions; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated February 18th, A.D., 2009,
<br />and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated February 25th, A.D., 2009.
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />25th day of February, A.D., 2009.
<br />General manager
<br />of said
<br />Delta County Independent.
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary
<br />Public in and for the 25th day of February, A.D.,
<br />2009.
<br />Notary Public
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2009
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane, Delta, CO 81416
<br />I?t?1-022
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<br />MAR 0 3`09
<br />Division, - --,a rawa-
<br />Mining and SAW
<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED
<br />'DECI.$ION
<br />The Colorado Division ofAeclamation,
<br />Mining -and ' Safety` -proposed tom
<br />Approve:Permit'Renewal Application''
<br />No 5 (RN-5), submitted by Oxbow
<br />Mining, LLC fora coal mining permit
<br />at the:ElkCreek -and Sanbom Creek
<br />Mine.. (Permit No. C-1981-022). The-
<br />- proposed renewal wtll allow for contin-
<br />ued mining and/or reclamation opera-
<br />tions at the site.
<br />The Elk Creek 'and Sanborn Creek' `
<br />i Mine is, locatetl, in Delta . County,
<br />just north of Somerset, Colorado,
<br />Colorado Coal interest at this urider-
<br />grourid mine is Federal and. privat8,
<br />add the. surface to he affected is
<br />Fedeial,`state and private land: The,
<br />permit. area .encompasses. approxi-
<br />mately3,429.08 acres, -
<br />This proposed 'decision is based on
<br />a finding that the proposed,operation'
<br />will comply with all requirements of
<br />the'.ColoradoSurface Coal : Mining
<br />Reclamation Act,, Section. 34,-33-101-1
<br />et ?seq.',_ C.R.S.; and the regulations
<br />promulgated thereunder.
<br />A copy of the "Proposed Decision
<br />and Findings of Compliance includ-
<br />ing any stipulations, is on file for public
<br />inspection at the Colorado Division
<br />0f Reclamation, Mining and. Safety,
<br />Room215 Centennial' Building,;
<br />j 1313. Sherman Street, Denver, ;
<br />Colorado 80203, at the Paonia Public
<br />Library 140 Grand .Avenue, Paohia,
<br />14 ,t the Gunnison County
<br />'krr 121 N Wisconsin, Suite
<br />C. r nis:_n. 1-lfi, and at .
<br />L -J !h? -eau t. .;I t,s lfi..e,'501
<br />'.. Ps xut-'227, Delta, CO 81416.
<br />Fe ,•:irh ;an interest that may be
<br />elected by the proposed
<br />11 i-quest a-formal hea,'nng
<br />-!
<br />?c uro We Mined Land Reclamation
<br />and, on the proposed decision.
<br />:, clh request must be made within
<br />thirty (30) days of the initial publication
<br />of,this'notice. must be in writing and
<br />murta reasonable specificity
<br />the j n f?r the requ st and;the
<br />obj l I rose ision.
<br />`F tr ? De ounty ?
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