2012-05-01_REVISION - C1981019 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 5/1/2012
• Doc Name: Proof of Publication
• From: Colowyo Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: SL6
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Public Notice
RECEIVE
tiAi 0 , 2012
Division u,
Mining and Safety
Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board
published August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining
Reclamation Act 34 -33 -101, et seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an
application for Phase I Bond Release of a portion of the Colowyo Mine site. The
application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit No. C -81 -019 by
Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641,
filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS),
Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver,
Colorado 80203 and approved by the Division on September 15, 2009 (latest Permit
Renewal) The Colowyo Mine is located approximately 28 miles south of Craig,
Colorado.
The bond release areas, which includes areas reclaimed from 2002 -2011, totals 692.37
acres, and is shown in detail in Exhibit 1. Listed below is a general legal description of
these areas:
Phase I
Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6th P.M.
Section 3 — SE 1/4;
Section 4 — S 1/2 ;
Section 9 — N 1 /2 ;
Section 10 — Major Portions;
Section 15 — N 1/2 ;
Section 20 - NE 1/4;
Colowyo currently has two surety bonds totaling $69,517,829, which include the
above listed areas. Exhibit 1 presents all of the reclaimed areas by year. The status of
the reclamation is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation plan
and is further described in the 2002 -2011 Annual Reclamation Reports.
A copy of the bond release application is on file at the Moffat Count Clerk and
Recorder's Office located in the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 West Victory Way,
Craig, Colorado 81625. Written comments, objections, and requests for a public
hearing or informal conference concerning this bond release application should be
addressed to the CDRMS, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman
Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203.
Comments must be filed within thirty (30) days from the last date of this publication,
or within thirty (30) days of the completed inspection by the CDRMS.
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