2015-06-30_REVISION - C1980007 (2)

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DELTA COUNTY INDEPENDENT JAN ° °15 NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISIONReclamatl0�' The Colorado Division ptW;Si°n°f &Sa{ety Reclamation, Mining and Sa{eety Mj11111g 401 Meeker St. has issued a proposed decision to approve Bond Release Application P.O. Box 809 No. 6 ISL-6) for the West Elk Mine,Permit No.C-1980-007.The Delta, CO 81416 underground operation is oper- ated by Mountain Coal Company, LLC under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Reclamation Act of 1979.The bond release application was submit- ted by Mountain Coal Company, LLC on December 3, 2013. The Mountain Coal Company,LLC has submitted an application for a STATE OF COLORADO Phase III Bond Release for the West Elk Mine. A Phase III Bond Release is a final bond release and termina- $s. tion of the Division's jurisdiction COUNTY OF DELTA for the areas requested.The pro- posed release is for the Lone Pine area,the Thermal Event area and I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am publisher of the the West Point area. The proposed release areas cover approximately Delta County Independent,that the same is a weekly newspaper print- 24.2 acres. Since this is a bond ed, in whole or in part, and published in the County of Delta, State of release, there will be a decrease Colorado, continuous) and uninterruptedly in said County of Delta in the mine's reclamation liability. Y P Y �.7 The amount of the liability release for a period of more than fifty-two consecutive weeks prior to the first will be determined following an application review and the bond publication of the annexed legal notice or advertisement; that said release inspection. The affected newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second- area is located in Delta,Gunnison provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all county,approximately 9 miles East class matter under the P of Paonia,Colorado. amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a weekly newspaper Copies of the proposed decision are available for review at the duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within Colorado Division of Reclamation, the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado;that the annexed legal Mining and Safety office, 1313 notice or advertismentwas published in the regular and entire issue two Sherman street, Room z16, P � Denver,Colorado 80203,and on the consecutive insertions, that the first publication of said notice was in Division's website at http://mining. state.co.us/Reports/M i ni ngData/ the issue of said newspaper dated June 17th, A.D., 2015, Pages/ImagedDocumentData.aspx. and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of A user's guide for our document dated June 24th,A.D., 2015. imaging system is also available said newspaper in pdf format at the same web address. In witness whereof I have hereunto set m hand this 24th da of Any person who has an inter- est which is or may be adversely June, A.D., 2015. affected may request an adjudica- tory hearing regarding this pro- posed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within thirty(30) days of the first this A publication of this notice,and shall state with reasonable specificity - — the reasons for the request and General manager of said Delta County Independent objections to the proposed deci- sion. Published in the Delta County Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public in and for the Independent June 17 and 24,2015. County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 24th day of June, A.D., 2015. Notary Public My commission expires 12/24/2017 900 Cypress Wood Lane Delta, CO 81416 PATRICIA SUNDERLAND NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO My Commission Expires 12-24-2017