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2.3 Public Notice <br />Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />published August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act 34 -33 -101, et seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an <br />application for Phase I Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Mine site. The <br />application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C -81 -019 by <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641, <br />filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203 and approved by the Division on September 15, 2009 (latest Permit <br />Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, <br />Colorado. <br />The bond release areas, which include areas reclaimed in 2012, total 137.4 acres, and <br />are shown in detail in Exhibit 1. Listed below is a general legal description of these <br />areas: <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M. <br />Section 4 — N 1/2 ; <br />Section 10 —SW 4; <br />Section 15 — NW 1/4 ; <br />Section 17 — N 1/2 ; <br />Colowyo currently has two surety bonds totaling $80,517,829, which include the <br />above listed areas. Exhibit 1 presents all of the reclaimed areas by year. The status of <br />the reclamation is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation plan <br />and is further described in the 2012 Annual Reclamation Report. <br />A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat Count Clerk and <br />Recorder's Office located in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way, <br />Craig, Colorado 81625. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public <br />hearing or informal conference concerning this bond release application should be <br />addressed to the CDRMS, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman <br />Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203. <br />Comments must be filed within thirty (30) days from the last date of this publication, <br />or within thirty (30) days of the completed inspection by the CDRMS. <br />