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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) in response to a request for Phase III bond release at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine, <br />Division permit number C- 2009 -087. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures <br />and summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and <br />findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the <br />Division's proposed decision on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the bond release review process can be found in the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act (Act), the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for <br />Coal Mining (Regulations; Rules), and in the Division's Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond <br />Release issues, dated April 18, 1995. All Rules referenced within this document are contained within <br />the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations at the Peabody Sage <br />Creek Mine can be found in the mining and reclamation permit application C- 2009 -087 on file at the <br />Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is an underground mine which is permitted and operated by Peabody <br />Sage Creek Mining, LLC. The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is state, <br />and the coal ownership was state. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was <br />conducted from 1989 to 2003. <br />