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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Coors Energy Company, P.O. Box 467, Golden, Colorado 80402 (telephone (303) 277-
<br />3455) has filed an application for a Phase III bond release for final reclamation work
<br />completed at the Keenesburg Mine with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />and Safety (permit C-1981-028, approved November 3, 1981). The Phase III bond
<br />release application requests release of bond and liability for successfully completing all
<br />required reclamation tasks at Areas 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26,
<br />27, and 28 within the mine site. The bond release is sought for approximately 165.29
<br />acres at the site. The current bond is a corporate surety. The current CDRMS calculated
<br />bond amount prior to the proposed release is $2,327,437.00, and the amount requested for
<br />release is $249,331.00. The legal description of the permit area is: a tract of land located
<br />within Sections 25 and 36, Township 3 North, Range 64 West of the Sixth Principal
<br />Meridian, Weld County, Colorado. The surface owner of the property for which bond
<br />release in being requested is Coors Energy Company. The U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute
<br />quadrangles titled "Klug Ranch" and "Tampa" contain the permit area of the mine. The
<br />permit area is located seven miles north of Keenesburg, Colorado, and is accessed by
<br />Weld County Road 59. A copy of the bond release request application is available for
<br />public review at the Weld County Clerk and Recorder's Office, 1402 N. 17th Avenue,
<br />Greeley, Colorado 80631, and at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
<br />Safety, 1313 Sherman St., Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, phone (303) 866-3567.
<br />In accordance with Rule 3.03.2(3) any person with a valid legal interest which might be
<br />• adversely affected by release of the bond, or any federal, state, or local governmental
<br />agency with jurisdiction over regulated activities at the mine shall have the right to file
<br />written objections to or comments upon the requested release and/or file a request for an
<br />informal conference with the Division within thirty (30) days of the last publication of
<br />this notice, or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection to be
<br />conducted by the Division, whichever is later. All comments, objections, and requests
<br />must be submitted in writing to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
<br />Safety at the above address. Published in the Fort Lupton Press, , 2009.
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