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Peabody Sage Creek Mine July 2014 <br />SL -3 Phase III Bond Release Request <br />INTRODUCTION <br />This submittal represents a formal Phase III bond release request by Peabody Sage Creek Mining, <br />LLC for the Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM) Permit No.C- 2009 -087. The previously mined <br />and reclaimed areas within the PSCM permit received Phase I and Phase II release under Seneca <br />Coal Company's Seneca II Mine Permit No.C- 1980 -005 (SL -1 and SL -3 applications). This <br />request is for Phase III Bond Release on reclaimed areas that have received Phase II bond release <br />and where reclaimed vegetation has met the success criteria, the approved post - mining land use <br />has been achieved and hydrology assessments have been successful. The Phase II bond release <br />assessments and approval occurred while the subject lands were within the original Seneca II <br />Mine permit area. In 2009, a permit application package for PSCM was submitted to CDRMS <br />that transferred approximately 3,012 acres of the original Seneca II Mine permit area to the <br />proposed PSCM permit area in order to provide sediment control and other operational <br />considerations for PSCM. This action also required that the remaining bond liability on the <br />former Seneca II Mine lands be assumed by PSCM. PR -02 was approved for the Seneca II Mine <br />to set the revised permit boundaries and alleviate concerns regarding reclamation liability. This <br />application is submitted in accordance with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG) <br />Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues (April 18, 1995), Rule 3.03 Release of <br />Performance Bonds, the approved permit and consultations with CDRMS on vegetation sampling, <br />analysis and success evaluations. <br />General Requirements <br />Date of request <br />Permittee: <br />Permit Number: <br />Date permit was approved: <br />Mine name: <br />Permit acreage: <br />Phase of bond release requested: <br />Number of acres included in request: <br />July, 2014 <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC <br />C- 2009 -087 <br />June 8, 2010 <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine <br />10,164 <br />Phase III <br />1,026 <br />1 <br />