CDMG Permit No. C-2009-087
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Sage Creek Coal Company LLC, 36600 CR 27, Hayden, CO 81639, (CDMG Permit No. C-2009-087, approved June 8, 2010) is requesting release of Phase II bond liability on 462.4 acres of its reclaimed lands (originally Seneca II Mine area) at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine. A surety bond in the amount of $5,959,990 is currently in place and $966,743 is being requested for release. Those portions of the permit area for which Phase II bond release is requested were revegetated by Seneca Coal Company from the beginning of mining through 2005 in accordance with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS) rules and regulations.
The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is located approximately nine (9) miles southeast of Hayden, Colorado. The specific area to which this bond release request applies is included in portions of the following sections located within the permit area:
T5N, R87W
Section 1: All
Section 2: All
Section 11: NE¼, N½NW¼, SE¼NW¼, and NE¼SE¼ and
Portions of SE¼SE¼, and NW¼SE¼
Section 12: All
Section 13: N½N½N½
T6N, R87W
Section 35: W½, W½E½, and Portions of SE¼NE¼, and
E½SE¼
Section 36: Portions of S½S½
All west of the 6th Principal Meridian
The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps for Milner and Mt. Harris contain the described affected area. A copy of the bond release application is available for public inspection at the Hayden Public Library, 201 E. Jefferson Avenue, Hayden, Colorado 81639. Written comments or objections or requests for public hearing or informal conference concerning this application may be submitted to, and additional information obtained from, the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203-2273, (303) 866-3567. Comments must be received within 30 days of the last publication of this notice or within 30 days of the onsite inspection, whichever is later. Published on (four consecutive weeks).
The mailing address for Peabody Sage Creek Mine is: Mike Ludlow
Project Manager
Peabody Sage Creek Mine
PO Box 250
36600 CR 27
Hayden, CO 81639
Published in the Steamboat Pilot & Today
First Publication: April 10, 2011
Final Publcication: May 1, 2011
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