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PROF OF PUBLICATION STATE OF COLORADO ???® COUNTY OF LAS ANIMAS } SS PR 5110 Aileen-Hood,-of lawful age, being first dulP geS\''I'? sworn upon oath, deposes and says that sh0it'?^°?n., roc the authorized agent of The Chronicle-News, ?'' daily newspaper of general circulation which is published and circulated in the City of Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, that said newspaper is a newspaper of general circulation complying with all of the requirements of Articles I to VII, Chapter 130, 1935, Colorado Statutes Annotated, and all other laws of said State, and that said legal / notice has been so published for the period of time prescribed in said newspaper proper and not a supplement, the first publication of which was made r*?? day of 2010, and published_thereafter_on and final publication thereof was in the issue dat MMA?? day of 2010. ---------- 7 NOTICE OF Proposed Decision The Colorado Division, of Rpclarnattani="Mtging and Safety-kasiissued -a proposed decision to approve Bond Release Application No. 6 (SL-6) for the Trinidad Basin Strip, Permit No. C-1981-048. The Trinidad Basin Strip mine is a permit revocation/bond forfeiture site. The permit area under consideration for termination of jurisdiction and final liability re- lease is 1167 acres of which 254 acres were disturbed and subse- t quently reclaimed. This termination of jurisdiction process was initiated by the Division following completion of the required minimum to -year li- ability period for reclamation and revegetation of the disturbed rea in- ciuding two years of vegetation sampling at the site. The permit area and mine site are located about 5.5 miles west of the Ludlow exit on 1-25 in Delagua Canyon in Las Animas County. The dis- turbed and reclaimed areas are. in Sections 15 and 22, T31S R65W of the 6th Principle Meridian. A coal loadout along Linden Avenue in Trini- dad was previously disturbed and reclaimed to an industrial use as ap- proved by the railroad owner during final reclamation. The • loadout was located in a portion of Section 15, T33S R63W of the Sixth Principal Me- ridian. The TBM coal • mine was originally permitted by Trinidad Basin Mining, Inc., approved by the Division in 1982. The projected life of the mine was five years based on an annual production of 240,000 tons per year. Due to a pattern of violations that occurred in late 1983 and early 1984, the Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB) suspended the TBM mining permit. The Division was notified by the operator of the cessation of min- ing operations in November 1985 and the operator initiated reclamation operations. Following another series'of violations that occurred between 1985 and- 1992, in May 1993, the permit was permanently revoked by the MLRB and the bond, in the amount of $132,280.00, was forfeited to the State of Colorado. Since the permit was revoked and the bond was forfeited, the Division has completed reclamation at the site utilizing all of the available bond monies. The Division has conducted regular and periodic inspections to document any undesirable conditions or instability in the reclamation work completed. Stability of the reclaimed land, successful revegetation of grasses, forbs and shrubs, minimization of hydrologic impacts within the permitted area, and prevention of hydrologic impacts outside the permitted area demonstrate that the site has been successfully re- claimed over the past 12 years. Current post-mining land use of range- land for cattle grazing and ranchette development has been achieved and demonstrated over the revegetation liability period. Copies of the proposed decision are available for review at the Colorado Su scribed and om to fore me this Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety office, 1313 Sherman Street, U20 )Wp Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, and at the office of the Las Animas 11 County Clerk and Recorder. Any person who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request an adjudicatory hearing regarding this proposed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within thirty (30) days of the first publication of this notice, and shall state with reasonable speci- ficity the reasons for the request and objections to the proposed deci- sion. N h G. Simpson Published March 12, 2010 OA G. SIMPSOIV "RY PUBLIC, STATE OF COLORADO My commission expires on November '18, 2012