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2.3 Public Notice <br />. Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation <br />Board published August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an <br />application for Phase I and II Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Minesite. <br />The application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C-81-019 <br />by Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado <br />81641, filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(CDRMS), Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 and approved by the Division on September <br />15, 2009 (latest Permit Renewal) The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 <br />miles south of Craig, Colorado. <br />The bond release areas, which includes areas reclaimed from 1993-2003, totals <br />926.90 acres (494.20- Phase I; 432.70- Phase II), and are shown in detail in <br />Exhibits 1 and 2 - 2010 Phase I and II Bond Release Areas. Listed below is a <br />general legal description of these areas: <br />Phase I <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 3 - W'/; <br />Section 4 - N Y2 ; <br />Section 10 -Major Portions; <br />• Section 11 - W %2; <br />Section 15 - NW '/; <br />Section 16 - E '/2; SW '/4; <br />Phase II <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 3 - W '/2; <br />Section 4 - N '/2; <br />Section 10 - Major Portions; <br />Section 11 - W '/2; <br />Section 16 - E '/2; SW <br />Colowyo currently has three surety bonds totaling $83,156,939, which include the <br />above listed areas. Since only the release for the bond liability is requested for <br />the Phase I areas, no reduction in bond amount is requested for those areas. <br />Colowyo is asking for a bond reduction, in the amount of $2,197,198, for all <br />Phase II areas. Exhibits 1 and 2 shows all of the reclaimed areas by reclaimed <br />year. Each area has been backfilled, regraded, topsoiled, and reseeded, when <br />applicable, in accordance with the approved permit during the period from 1993- <br />2003. The status of the reclamation is consistent with the requirements of the <br />approved reclamation plan and is further described in the 1993-2003 Annual <br />Reclamation and Annual Hydrology Reports. <br />Phase l and 11 Bond Release Application 7