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PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Coors Energy Company, P.O. Box 467, Golden, Colorado 80402 (telephone (303) 927-
<br />3648) has filed an application for a Phase III bond release for final reclamation work
<br />completed at the Keenesburg Mine with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining
<br />and Safety (permit C-1981-028, approved November 3, 1981). The Phase III bond
<br />release application requests release of bond and liability for successfully completing all
<br />required reclamation tasks at Areas 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, 16, and 19 within the mine site.
<br />Final reclamation (revegetation and any amendment application) at these areas took place
<br />in 1998, 1999, and 2000. The reclamation at these areas has resulted in meeting or
<br />exceeding all final revegetation success criteria in accordance with the approved
<br />reclamation permit and applicable statute and regulations within the required liability
<br />period. Final bond release is sought for approximately 42.29 acres at the site. The current
<br />bond is a corporate surety. The current CDRMS calculated bond amount prior to the
<br />proposed release is $2,001,475.00, and the amount requested for release is $63,799.00.
<br />The legal description of the permit area is: a tract of land located within Sections 25 and
<br />36, Township 3 North, Range 64 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, Weld County,
<br />Colorado. The surface owner of the property for which bond release in being requested is
<br />Coors Energy Company. The U.S.G.S. 7.5 minute quadrangles titled "Klug Ranch" and
<br />"Tampa" contain the permit area of the mine. The permit area is located seven miles north
<br />of Keenesburg, Colorado, and is accessed by Weld County Road 59. A copy of the bond
<br />release request application is available for public review at the Weld County Clerk and
<br />Recorder's Office, 1402 N. 17'h Avenue, Greeley, Colorado 80631, the Keenesburg Town
<br />Hall, and at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313 Sherman St.,
<br />Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, phone (303) 866-3567. In accordance with Rule
<br />3.03.2(3) any person with a valid legal interest which might be adversely affected by
<br />release of the bond, or any federal, state, or local governmental agency with jurisdiction
<br />over regulated activities at the mine shall have the right to file written objections to or
<br />comments upon the requested release and/or file a request for an informal conference with
<br />the Division within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this notice, or within thirty
<br />(30) days of the completed bond release inspection to be conducted by the Division,
<br />whichever is later. All comments, objections, and requests must be submitted in writing to
<br />the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety at the above address.
<br />Published in the Fort Lupton Press, 92011.
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