2009-11-16_REVISION - C1984067

• Permit No: C1984067
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 11/16/2009
• Doc Name: Notification of Bond Release Inspection
• From: DRMS
• To: Landowners
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203 COLORADO
Phone:. [phone] D[ v[ s[ ON OF
RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MIN I NG
SAFETY
NOTICE OF UPCOMING BOND RELEASE INSPECTION
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Date: November 16, 2009 Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
From: Tom Kaldenbach Ronald W. Cattany
Environmental Protection Specialist Division Director
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Natural Resource Trustee
Phone [phone], extension 8128
To: Gary W. Virginia M. Harbison
2261 CR 207
Durango, CO 81301
Re: Full Phase III (final) bond release inspection at the Arness- McGriffin and Coal Gulch
Mines near Durango, Colorado (Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
j Permit Application Nos. C -81 -042 and C -84 -067)
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has scheduled a bond release /termination of jurisdiction
i inspection at the Amess- McGriffin and Coal Gulch Mines. The Division has prepared bond release
application packages for these revoked - permit sites and found the packages complete on November 16,
2009. The .land surface of the approximate 765 acres of bond release area is privately- owned. The coal
that was mined was state - owned. The amount of land surface disturbed by both mining operations is
approximately 21.5 acres.
Time and date of the inspection: 9:00 a.m., December 9, 2009
Location of the inspection: Arness- McGriffin and Coal Gulch Mines, 4.5 highway miles west of
Durango, Colorado on north side of U. S. Highway 160, Sections 21 and 22 T35N -R10W,
LaPlata County, Colorado.
Purpose of the inspection: To verify that the revoked permit sites meet the regulatory requirements
for Phase III bond release (final bond release) and termination of regulatory jurisdiction. The
State holds no reclamation bond associated with the sites.
Why you received this notice:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety sends this notice to the former mine permittee,
area land owners, and government agencies for the purpose of giving them the opportunity to
attend the inspection.
For more information, please call Tom Kaldenbach at (303) 866 -3567, ext. 8128
Certified Mail — Return Receipt Requested, Article No. 7008 1140 0004 5015 3719
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Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines