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Seneca 11 Mine <br />SL -6 Phase l// Bond Release Request <br />June 2014 <br />Land Categories <br />The affected lands within the Seneca II permit area fall within the permanent program <br />(SMCRA and CSCMRA) category and as defined in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined <br />Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. This Phase III bond release application is <br />delineated on Map 1, Phase III Bond Release Location Map. <br />Identification of Lands <br />The Seneca II Phase III bond release area is located approximately nine miles southeast of <br />the Town of Hayden, Colorado. The USGS 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Maps of Milner and Mt. <br />Harris, contains the described permit area. The area requested is included in the following <br />legal description and shown on Map 1: <br />TSN, R87W — Sections 1 (SE 1/4), 12 (NE 1/4) <br />TSN, R86W — Sections 6 (SW 1/4), 7 (NW '/4) <br />Permit Numbers and Approval Dates <br />Permit # C- 1980 -005: Issued 09/23/1981 <br />Map Description <br />Map 1 — Phase III Bond Release SL-6 Location Map. This exhibit shows the all requested <br />Phase III area. The area meets the minimum 10 year period for revegetation. <br />Map 2 — Phase III Bond Release SL-6 Permanent Features Map. This exhibit shows the <br />approved roads and Pond 008 as well as the permanent drainage features. <br />(Note Chronological Revegetation was shown in the previously approved Seneca II Mine <br />Phase II Bond Release application SL-5). <br />PHASE III BOND RELEASE DOCUMENTATION <br />This application represents the formal request for Phase III Bond Release at Seneca II Mine of <br />271.2 acres of reclaimed area (see Map 1) in complies with applicable success and demonstration <br />criteria set forth in Rule 4 — Performance Standards and the approved Seneca II Mine permit. <br />The amount of bond requested for Phase III release is $429,424. This request is for all remaining <br />bond held for the Seneca II Mine. <br />2 <br />