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SL -08 granted Phase I bond release for an additional 85.64 acres of Mine 2. The release <br />was approved on October 25, 2002. <br />SL -09 granted WFC full bond release for 21 groundwater monitoring wells and 27 <br />exploration boreholes at the New Horizon Mine 1 and 2. The release was approved on July <br />16, 2007. <br />SL -10 approved Phase I bond release for reclamation of the CCC Ditch temporary irrigation <br />line. The release was approved on October 22, 2007. <br />SL -11 approved Phase I release for 116.7 acres, and Phase II release for 13.24 acres. All <br />areas were located at Mine 2. <br />An application for SL -12, seeking Phase II release for 26.8 acres and Phase III release for <br />126.1 acres of Irrigated Pasture and 23.8 acres of Dryland Pasture. The application was <br />withdrawn on June 13, 2012. <br />An application for SL -14, seeking Phase II release for 26.8 acres of irrigated pasture and <br />Phase III bond release for 212.2 acres of reclaimed Irrigated Pasture and 4.5 acres of <br />reconstructed roadway was received on December 6, 2012 and called complete on February <br />19, 2013. The application was later withdrawn, on July 25, 2013. <br />SL -13 Review Process <br />For SL -13, an application for Phase III (Partial) and Phase I (Partial) bond release was <br />received by the Division on May 9, 2012. Western Fuels- Colorado, LLC (WFC) published <br />notice of the bond release application in the San Miguel Basin Forum once weekly for four <br />consecutive weeks, beginning May 31, 2012. WFC also notified land owners within and <br />adjacent to the mine permit area, and other interested parties of the application for bond <br />release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). The application was deemed complete on July 16, <br />2012, after the Division received proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. <br />The period within which to file written objections to or comments upon the requested <br />release and to file a request for an informal conference came to a close on July 21, 2012, 30 <br />days from the last publication of the notice pursuant to 3.03.2(3). No requests for an <br />informal conference regarding the bond release application were received. Comments and <br />written objections were received (via facsimile) from the following: <br />JoEllen Turner on May 23 and June 7, 2012 <br />Jim R. Guire II (4/7, LLC) on June 6, 2012 <br />JoEllen Turner and Michael Morgan on June 18, June 21, and June 29, 2012 <br />Bode Porter via JoEllen Turner on June 29, 2012 <br />Frank and Mary Lou Morgan on June 29, 2012 <br />0 <br />