STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF ROUTT
<br />I, Sarah Anderson, do solemnly swear that I am
<br />Legal Notice Representative of theSteamboat Pilot &
<br />Today, that the same is a daily newspaper printed, in
<br />whole or in part, and published in the County of
<br />Routt, State of Colorado, and has a general
<br />circulation therein; that said newspaper has been
<br />published continuously and uninterruptedly in said
<br />County of Routt for a period of more than fifty -two
<br />weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed
<br />legal notice or advertisement; that said newspaper has
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<br />March 3, 1879, or any amendments thereof, and that
<br />said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified
<br />for publishing legal notices and advertisements within
<br />the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado.
<br />That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was
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<br />consecutive insertions; and that the first publication
<br />of said notice was in the issue of said newspaper
<br />dated 6/3/2012, and that the last publication of said
<br />notice was in the ue of said newspaper dated
<br />6/24/2012.
<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me, a Notary Public in
<br />and for the County of Routt,
<br />State of Colorado
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<br />Order #: 10302816
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<br />Address HAYDEN„ CO 816390670 : N o rq q
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<br />if
<br />Seneca Coal Company, 37796 Routt County Road
<br />53, P.O. Box 670, Hayden, Colorado 81639, has re-
<br />quested release of Phase I bond liability on 171.6 ac-
<br />res of its reclaimed lands at the Yoast Mine (CDMG
<br />Permit No. C -94 -082, approved August 5, 1995).
<br />The Yoast Mine is located approximately 8.5 miles
<br />southeast of the Town of Hayden, Colorado off of
<br />Routt County Road 27. The specific area to which
<br />this bond release request applies is included within
<br />the Permit Area located as follows:
<br />Portions of NWf4 , NWASW'A,
<br />SWANEY.
<br />Portions of SE%
<br />Portions of NW / NEY<, W1/2E1
<br />Portions of W1/2E1/2
<br />NW/, SW3, W /zNEY., and
<br />W YzSEY.
<br />SW Y N W' /a, N W'/<SW A, and
<br />portions of SW
<br />NW/NW' /a, SEYNW' /a, NE /SWA,
<br />and NW'4SE1/4
<br />All
<br />NEY.SE', S% SEY.
<br />E' and portons of E1/2W' /z
<br />SW' /<NW /, NhNW' /., W/SW/,
<br />and portions of NY NE/.
<br />NW /NW/
<br />N /zN E' /.
<br />All located west of the 6th Principal Meridian; totaling
<br />2,318.3 acres of which 171.6 acres are requested in
<br />this Phase I (SL -4) bond release. The USGS 7.5 Min-
<br />ute Quadrangle maps for Dunckley and Mt. Harris
<br />contain the described affected area.
<br />A self -bond in the amount of $2,611,566 is currently
<br />in place of which $841,598 is being requested for re-
<br />lease. Pursuant to Rule 3.63 1, a permittee may re-
<br />quest Phase I Bond release upon successful comple-
<br />tion of backfillrg, regrading and drainage control in
<br />accordance with the approved reclamation plan.
<br />Those portions of the mine for which Phase I bond
<br />release is requested consist of primariy permanent
<br />roads, permanent ponds, previously unreleased
<br />areas, and structures that have been removed and /or
<br />demolished from 1997 through 2011. The approved
<br />reclamation plan can be reviewed in its entirety in the
<br />Seneca Yoast Mine Permit Application Package lo-
<br />cated in the Hayden Public Library, Hayden, Colo-
<br />rado
<br />A copy of the SL -4 bond release application is availa-
<br />ble for public inspection at the Hayden Public Li-
<br />brary, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, Colorado
<br />81639 Written comments or objections or requests
<br />for public hearing or informal conference concerning
<br />this application may be submitted to, and additional
<br />information obtained from, the Colorado Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman
<br />Street, Room 215, Deriver, Colorado 80203-2273,
<br />(303) 866 -3567. Comments must be received within
<br />30 days of the last publication of this notice or within
<br />30 days o, the orsite inspection, whichever is later.
<br />fished in the Steamboat Pilot & Today
<br />ration date: June 3, 2012
<br />at ion date: June 24, 2012
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