Peabody Sage Creek Mine
<br />SL -3 Phase III Bond Release Request
<br />July 2014
<br />Land Categories
<br />The affected lands within the PSCM permit area fall within the permanent program (SMCRA
<br />and CSCMRA) category and as defined in the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. This Phase III bond release application is delineated on
<br />Map 1, Phase III Bond Release SL -3 Location Map.
<br />Identification of Lands
<br />The PSCM Phase III bond release area is located approximately time miles southeast of the
<br />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 />T6NR87W:
<br />Section 35 - Portions of NESW, NWSW, SWSW, SESW, SWSE, SESE
<br />Section 36 - Portions of SWSW, SESW, and SWSE
<br />T5NR87W:
<br />Section 1 — Portions of L7, L8, SWNW, SENW, SWSW, SESW
<br />Section 2 — Portions of L1, L2, SWNE, SENE, L3, L4, SWNW, SENW, NESW, NWSW,
<br />SWSW, SESW, NESE, NWSE, SWSE, and SESE
<br />Section 3 — Portions of NESE and SESE
<br />Section 11 — All of NENE, portions of NWNE, SWNE, SENE, NENW, SENW, NESE,
<br />NWSE
<br />Section 12 — Portions of NENW, all of NWNW, Portions of SENW, SWNW, NESW,
<br />NWSW, SWSW, SESW, NWSE, and SWSE
<br />Permit Numbers and Approval Dates
<br />Permit # C- 2009 -087: Issued 06/08/2010
<br />Map Description
<br />Map 1 — Phase III Bond Release SL -3 Location Map. This exhibit shows all requested Phase
<br />III areas. The area meets the minimum 10 year period for revegetation.
<br />Map 2 — Phase III Bond Release SL -3 Permanent Features Map. This exhibit shows the
<br />approved roads, ponds and the permanent drainage features.
<br />(Note Chronological Revegetation was shown in the previously approved Seneca II Mine
<br />Phase II Bond Release application SL -3).
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