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Property Owners <br />Acreage for This <br />Release <br />Dates of Backfilling <br />and Grading <br />Post - Mining <br />Land Use <br />Benson <br />65.31 <br />2005 -2008 <br />Irrigated Pasture & <br />Dryland Pasture <br />Western Fuels- <br />Colorado, LLC <br />34.85 <br />2008 -2009 <br />Irrigated Pasture & <br />Dryland Pasture <br />Totals <br />100.16 <br />PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Western Fuels - Colorado, LLC, whose address is P.O. Box 628, Nucla, Colorado 81424, <br />is petitioning the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety for the Phase 1 <br />and 3 bond release for portions of its New Horizon Mine permit area located <br />approximately 2 miles northwest of Nucla, Colorado. The permit number is C -81 -008, <br />which was issued on May 26, 1983. The current bond is a self bond in the amount of <br />$5,042,302. Phase 1 release (completed backfilling and grading only) is requested on a <br />total of 100.16 acres of the New Horizon Mine. Phase 3 (final) bond release for <br />portions of BB Road and 2700 Road is requested on a total of 7.22 acres (all of 2700 <br />Road and BB Road east of 2700 Road) within the New Horizon Mine permit area. <br />The general description of the property to be released is as follows: <br />T47N R16W - <br />T47N R15W - <br />T47N R15W - <br />T46N R15W - <br />SECTION 36 - SE1 /4 <br />SECTION 31 - SOUTH SECTION LINE BB ROAD RIGHT OF WAY <br />SECTION 31 - WEST SECTION LINE 2700 ROAD RIGHT OF WAY <br />SECTION 6 - WEST SECTION LINE 2700 ROAD RIGHT OF WAY <br />The parcels of land in question are located on the U.S.G.S. NUCLA Quadrangle. <br />Requested Phase 1 Bond Release <br />Results: The Phase 1 areas described above have been successfully backfilled and <br />regraded to match the approved post -mine topography and to support the approved post - <br />mining land uses. <br />6 <br />