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Kerr Coal Company PO Box 459 115 East Main Street Florence, CO 81226 (719) 784 -6395 719 784 -4352 fax PUBLIC NOTICE, KERR COAL COMPANY - MARR MINE LOADOUT SITE TECHNICAL REVISION Kerr Coal Company (Kerr) has filed an application with the Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety (DRMS) requesting approval for a Technical Revision pertaining to Kerr's former Loadout site. Kerr is the former operator and current permittee under Permit No. C -80 -006. Mining ceased in 1993 and the responsibility for reclamation continues for a minimum of 10 years following permanent reseeding of the site(s). The purpose of this revision is to terminate the groundwater monitoring requirements for the two remaining alluvial wells (Monitor Wells AP -1 and AP -2) located at the former Loadout site. Through the years of operations and the reclamation period, Kerr has demonstrated that all groundwater monitoring requirements have been satisfied. The Loadout site is located approximately one mile south of Walden. The mine is located 10 miles east of Walden, Colorado on County Road 12E. The Loadout site is located just south of Walden near the former Louisiana - Pacific Lumber mill site and adjacent to the Illinois River. The mining permit covers areas within the Mine and the Loadout permit boundaries as listed below. These areas are situated on the Johnny Moore Mountain, Gould NW, Walden and Eagle Hill 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle maps in the 6 Prime Meridian: Mine • Township 8 North, Range 78 West — Section 2 • Township 9 North, Range 78 West - Sections 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 35 Loadout Site • Township 9 North, Range 79 West — Sections 28 and 29. The following individuals or entities hold surface or mineral rights and interests within the Mine and Loadout permit boundaries: • U.S. Department of Interior — Bureau of Land management (BLM) • State of Colorado — Board of Land Commissioners • Kerr Coal Company (Operating Company) • Kerrco, Limited (Owning entity) • Centurian Investment Company • Douglas Barnett (landowner) Complete copies of the Kerr Mining and Reclamation Plan document are on file and available for public review and inspection at the following locations: > Northwest Colorado Consultants (NWCC), Inc. 2580 Copper Ridge Drive Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 Phone — 970 - 879 -7888 > Colorado Department of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety 1313 Sherman Street - Rm. 215 Denver, CO 80203 Phone — 303 - 866 -3567 Written comments, objections and requests for public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to the DRMS at the above address. Any comments objections or requests must be submitted within 30 days of the last date of publication of this notice.