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DELTA COUNTY'
<br />INDEPENDENT
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA SS.
<br />I, Handal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher of
<br />the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly news -
<br />paper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty -two consecu-
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />United States mails as second -class matter under the provisions
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publ
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the lays
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or advertis-
<br />ment was published in the regular and entire issue four con -
<br />secuti\e insertions; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated June 1st, A.D., 2011, and
<br />that the Iast publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />said newspaper dated June 22nd, A.D., 2011.
<br />In 'k\1Liicss whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
<br />Juile, A.D., 2011.
<br />General manager of said Delta County Independent
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public in and for the
<br />County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 22nd day of June, A.D.,
<br />2011
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<br />PUBLIC NOTICE
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC
<br />(MCC), P.O. Box 591 Somerset, CO
<br />81434, (970) 929 -5015, has filed a
<br />request for Phase 1 Bond Release
<br />of MCC's Mining and Reclama-
<br />tion Permit No. C-So -007 with the
<br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
<br />Board (Board), under the provi-
<br />sions of the Colorado Surface Coal
<br />Mining Reclamation Act of 1979.
<br />The permit was originally issued
<br />by the Board in July 1981, and sub-
<br />sequently renewed in August 1986,
<br />January 1993 (effective August
<br />1991), July 1996, July 2001, and
<br />April 2007 (effective July 2006.)
<br />The current five -year permit term
<br />expires July 31, 2011 and is in the
<br />process of renewal. The West Elk
<br />Mine five -year permit area contains
<br />lands in Sections 9- 11,13- 36,T13S;
<br />R90W, 6th PM; and Sections 23 -26,
<br />T13S, R91 W, 6th PM, and Sections
<br />1 -5 , 8 -12, T14S, R90W, 6th PM in
<br />Delta and Gunnison Counties. The
<br />location of the lands can be found
<br />on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset
<br />and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle
<br />Topographic Maps. The current
<br />permit area encompasses approxi-
<br />mately 17,154.9 acres.
<br />MCC is requesting Phase I Bond
<br />Release for reclaimed methane
<br />drainage wells and roads in the Dry
<br />Fork of Minnesota Creek and West
<br />Flatiron areas. These areas com=
<br />prise approximately 48 acres of
<br />private and National Forest System
<br />lands specifically located. within
<br />portions of Sections 14, 15, 22, 23,
<br />26, 27, 34, 35 and 36, Township 13
<br />South, Range 90 West, and .Sec -.
<br />tions 1 and 2, Township 14 South,
<br />Range 90 West. These drill sites
<br />and roads were necessary for coal
<br />exploration and methane drainage
<br />over the past fifteen years. MCC is
<br />requesting the release of reclama-
<br />tion bond liability of sixty percent
<br />(60 %) of the bond posted for those
<br />sites in this application.
<br />Reclamation of the various drill site
<br />locations and roads within MCC's
<br />permit were completed from
<br />2000 through 2010. This included
<br />proper plugging and abandonment
<br />of drill holes, as well as backfilling
<br />and regrading of drill pad locations
<br />and road. The well sites and roads
<br />proposed for bond release have
<br />been revegetated using various
<br />methods of seeding, fertilizing, and
<br />mulching, including the installation
<br />of straw and erosion control mat-
<br />ting.
<br />A copy of the Phase I Bond Release
<br />application is available for review
<br />at the Colorado Division of Recla-
<br />mation, Mining and Safety, 1313
<br />Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver,
<br />CO 80203, phone (303) 866 -3567,
<br />and the Gunnison County Planning
<br />Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D,
<br />Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments
<br />or objections concerning the ap-
<br />plication should be directed to the
<br />CDRMS at the above address not
<br />later then 30 days after the first
<br />date of publication of this notice
<br />(published 4 times consecutively)
<br />in order to be considered.
<br />Published in the Delta County
<br />Independent June 1, 8, 15 and
<br />22, 2011.
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