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Public Notice
<br />Snowcap Coal Company, P.O. Box 1430, Palisade, CO 81526, has submitted a complete
<br />application for a Phase I, II & III bond release to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
<br />for its Roadside North and South Portals, mining permit No. C-81-041. The permit was
<br />originally approved on January 3, 1983 and renewed on January 3, 2008. The current
<br />reclamation bond value is $1,640,413 and is in the form of a corporate surety bond. This permit
<br />action will release up to $661,061 from the reclamation bond. The area for which the bond
<br />release is being requested is approximately 75.2 acres at Snowcap Coal Company's Unit Train
<br />Loadout.
<br />Reclamation work has been performed from 2001 through 2010 at Snowcap's Unit Train
<br />Loadout site, which also includes the Permanent Flood Control Dike and portions of the Rail
<br />Spur and Overland Conveyor. The work has been done in T1 OS, R98W, Sections 26, 27 and
<br />34. The Unit Train Loadout site has been backfilled and regraded to approved final contours.
<br />All buildings and structures, with the exception of those approved for retention, have been
<br />removed from this area. All work has been performed in accordance with plans approved by the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety.
<br />The Roadside mines are located approximately three miles northeast of Palisade, CO at the
<br />Interstate 70, Cameo Exit No.46. The location of these sections is contained within the U.S.
<br />Geological Survey 7.5 minute Cameo and Palisade Quadrangle maps. The permit area is split
<br />east and west by the Colorado River and 1-70, and is encompassed within the following lands:
<br />T10S, R98W., 6th P.M.:
<br />T11 IS, R98W., 6th P.M.:
<br />T11S, R97W., 6th P.M.:
<br />Sections 26, 27, 28, 34, 35
<br />Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13
<br />Section 7
<br />containing 3016 acres, more or less.
<br />The surface of the permit area is owned by numerous private land owners and the U. S.
<br />Government. The North and South Portal permit area contains 3016 acres of land, 1139 acres
<br />of private surface, 48 acres of state surface and 1829 acres of Federal surface.
<br />A copy of the bond release application is available for public inspection at the Mesa County
<br />Clerk and Recorder's office, 544 Rood, Grand Junction, CO. A copy of the approved permit
<br />application document, as well as the bond release application, are available at the Denver and
<br />Grand Junction offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety [Room 215, 1313
<br />Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866-3567; and 101 South 3'd, Suite 301, Grand
<br />Junction, C081501,(970)243-1571]. Written comments or objections to the proposed release,
<br />and a request for a public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to and additional
<br />information obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Comments,
<br />objections or requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be submitted to the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this
<br />notice or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection, whichever is later.
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