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• Copies of Written Notice to Seek Release to Parties Identified in Rule 3.03.2(1): <br />Appendix A contains copies of the notice to surface owners, mineral owners, Town of <br />Nucla, Montrose County Planning Department, County Commissioners and others. <br />Copy of Newspaper Advertisement: A copy of the advertisement which has been <br />published in the San Miguel Basin Forum is given below. A certified proof of publication <br />will be supplied after the fourth week of publication. <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Western Fuels-Colorado, whose address is P.O. Box 628, Nucla, Colorado 81424, is <br />petitioning the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology for the Phase 2 and 3 bond <br />release for portions of its New Horizon #2 Mine property located approximately 2 miles <br />northwest of Nucla, Colorado. The permit number is C-81-008, which was initially <br />approved in 1981 with a reclamation bond of $483,901. The current bond is $4,000,000. All <br />mine areas were backfilled, graded, topsoiled and reseeded according to the approved <br />reclamation plan. Phase 2 release is being requested on 26.8 acres of these areas and Phase <br />3 release on 149.9 acres. Vegetation studies have been performed and have met all permit <br />requirements for Phase 2 and Phase 3 bond release. <br />The general description of the property to be released is as follows: <br />T47N R15W - SECTION 31 - E1/2 SE1/4 SE1/4 <br />• T46N R15W - SECTION 6 - N1/2 <br />T47N R15W - SECTION 6 - N1/2 SE1/4 <br />The parcel of land in question are located on the U.S.G.S. NUCLA Quadrangle. <br />Written comments, objections and requests for public hearing or informal conferences <br />should be submitted to: <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, & Safety <br />215 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203-2273 <br />These comments must be received by the Division by 30 days after the final publication of <br />this notice. <br />10