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L PROCEDURES AND SUMMARY OF THE REVIEW PROCESS <br />CEC applied for Partial Phase I bond release under the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and <br />Reclamation Act following reclamation of areas at the Keenesburg Strip Mine. The bond release <br />areas consist of three reclamations parcels: Areas 30, 31 and 32 totaling 27.1 acres. The mine is <br />located in Weld County, all or portions of Sections 2 and 11, T2N, R64W; and Sections 25 and <br />36, T3N, R64W; 6th Prime Meridian. <br />CEC has previously requested and been approved for six bond releases. Bond release SL1 was <br />approved on August 11, 1998 for Phase I on 179 acres and Phase II on 111 acres. Bond release <br />SLI released $1,787,113.00 of the reclamation liability. <br />A second bond release, SL2, was approved August 31, 2005. Bond release SL2 approved Phase <br />I release on 51.76 acres. The Division approved $287,918.00 for release from the reclamation <br />liability for ten reclamation parcels included in the request. <br />A third bond release application, SL3, was approved on April 18, 2006. Bond release SL3 was a <br />Phase II bond release 53.90 acres. The Division approved the release of $130,189.80 of the <br />reclamation liability for Phase H bond release on ten reclamation parcels. <br />A fourth bond release application, SL4, was approved on January 8, 2010. Bond release SL4 <br />was a Phase III bond release of 165.29 acres. The Division approved the release of $167,911.00 <br />of the reclamation liability for bond release on 17 reclamation parcels. <br />A fifth bond release application, SL5, was approved on September 10, 2010. Bond release SL5 <br />was a Phase II bond release of 51.05 acres. The Division approved the release of $120,385.00 of <br />the reclamation liability for bond release on 11 reclamation parcels. <br />A sixth bond release application, SL6, was approved on January 4, 2012. Bond release SL6 was <br />a Phase III bond release of 42.29 acres. The Division approved the release of $63,799.00 of the <br />reclamation liability for bond release on 9 reclamation parcels. <br />The SL7 application for Phase I bond release was received by the Division on December 12, <br />2014. The application was deemed complete on January 13, 2015, after the Division received <br />proof of publication of the applicant's public notice. CEC published notice of the bond release <br />application in Fort Lupton Press once weekly for four consecutive weeks, beginning December <br />17t1i, 2014. CEC also notified land owners within and adjacent to the mine permit area, and other <br />interested parties of the application for bond release, as required by Rule 3.03.2(1). <br />No comments, written objections, or requests for an informal conference regarding the bond <br />release application were received by the Division. <br />The Division scheduled and conducted a bond release inspection on February 5 th , 2015. The site <br />inspection was conducted in accordance with Rule 3.032(2). Ben Moline and Danny Kipp with <br />CEC as well as Flynn Dickinson and Thomas Medlin with the Office of Surface Mining <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />