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Public Notice
<br />Snowcap Coal Company, P.O. Box 1430, Palisade, CO 81526, has submitted a complete
<br />application fora Phase I, II & III bond release to the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
<br />for its Roadside North and South Portals, Mining Permit No. C- 1981 -041. The permit was
<br />originally approved on January 3, 1983 and renewed on January 3, 2013. The current
<br />reclamation bond value is $805,952.60 and is in the form of a corporate surety bond. This
<br />permit action will release up to $720,000 from the reclamation bond. The bond release is being
<br />requested for approximately 145 acres of reclaimed surface lands and 2147 acres of
<br />undisturbed surface lands at Snowcap Coal Company's Roadside North and South Portals,
<br />South Fan, 2 West Portals, and miscellaneous outlying areas. Portions of these areas have
<br />been undermined.
<br />Reclamation work has been performed from 1985 through 2011 and is located within Snowcap's
<br />permit boundary in T10S, R98W, Sections 26, 27, 28, 34 & 35 and T11 S, R98W, Sections 2,11,
<br />12 & 13. All work has been performed in accordance with plans approved by the Division of
<br />Reclamation, Mining & Safety.
<br />The Roadside mines are located approximately three miles northeast of Palisade, CO at the
<br />Interstate 70, Cameo Exit No.46. The location of these sections is contained within the U.S.
<br />Geological Survey 7.5 minute Cameo and Palisade Quadrangle maps. The permit area is split
<br />east and west by the Colorado River and 1 -70, and is encompassed within the following lands:
<br />T1OS, R98W., 6th P.M.: Sections 26, 27, 28, 34, 35
<br />T11 S, R98W., 6th P.M.: Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13
<br />T11 S, R97W., 6th P.M.: Section 7
<br />containing 2786 acres, more or less.
<br />The surface of the permit area is owned by numerous private land owners and the U. S.
<br />Government. The North and South Portal permit area contains 2786 acres of land, of which 943
<br />acres is private surface, 31 acres is state surface and 1812 acres is federal surface.
<br />A copy of the bond release application is available for public inspection at the Mesa County
<br />Clerk and Recorder's office, 200 S. Spruce, Grand Junction, CO. A copy of the approved permit
<br />application document, as well as the bond release application, are available at the Denver and
<br />Grand Junction offices of the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety [Room 215, 1313
<br />Sherman St., Denver, CO 80203, (303) 866 -3567; and 101 South 3`d, Suite 301, Grand
<br />Junction, CO 81501, (970) 243-1571]. Written comments or objections to the proposed release,
<br />and a request for a public hearing or informal conference may be submitted to and additional
<br />information obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety. Comments,
<br />objections or requests for a public hearing or informal conference must be submitted to the
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety within thirty (30) days of the last publication of this
<br />notice or within thirty (30) days of the completed bond release inspection, whichever is later.
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