2010-06-28_REVISION - C1981019 (2)

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2.3 Public Notice • Public Notice Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board published August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase I I I Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Minesite. The application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C-81-019 by Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641, filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), Colorado Department of Natural Resources,, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203 and approved by the Division on September 15, 2009 (latest Permit Renewal) The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. The bond release areas, which includes areas reclaimed from 1978-1999, total 987.32 acres and are shown in detail in Exhibit 1 Phase III Bond Release Areas. Listed below is a general legal description of these areas: Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. Section 2 - W Y2; Section 3 - Major Portions; Section 4 - NE %; Section 10 - NE'/; • Section 11 - Major Portions; Township 4 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. Section 33 - S Y2 Colowyo currently has three surety bonds totaling $83,156,939, which include the above listed areas. Colowyo is asking for a bond reduction, in the amount of $5,000,000, for all Phase III areas. Exhibit 1 shows all of the reclaimed areas by reclaimed year. Each area has been backfilled, regraded, topsoiled, and reseeded, when applicable, in accordance with the approved permit during the period from 1978-1999. The status of the reclamation is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation plan and is further described in the 1978-1999 Annual Reclamation and Annual Hydrology Reports. A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat Count Clerk and Recorder's Office located in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way, Craig, Colorado 81625. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public hearing or informal conference concerning this bond release application should be addressed to the CDRMS, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. Comments must be filed within thirty (30) days from the last date of this publication, or within thirty-(30) days of the completed inspection by the CDRMS. • Phase 111 Bond Release Application 6