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Application for Phase I Performance Bond Release <br />1.0 General Requirements <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent <br />company to Axial Basin Coal Company, which is the general partner to Colowyo Coal <br />Company L.P. (Colowyo). Therefore, Tri-State on behalf of Colowyo is submitting <br />this application for Phase I performance bond release at the Colowyo Mine. Colowyo <br />is requesting a total of 189.6 acres to be Phase I released. Colowyo currently holds a <br />self -bond (Bond No. SB -010) in the amount of $80,517,829. With this application, <br />Colowyo is requesting a bond reduction for the areas contained within this <br />application. <br />2.0 Summary Information <br />2_1 Legal Description <br />The 189.6 acres requested for Phase I bond release is divided up between three pit <br />locations; East Pit, West Pit, and South Taylor Pit respectively. These areas are <br />located within Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado, in Township 3 North, <br />Range 93 West of the 61hPM. Please refer to Exhibit 1 for these exact locations. <br />Table 1- Summary of Bond Release Areas, provides a list of the individual bond <br />release areas that are being applied for under this application. Listed below is a <br />general legal description of the subject reclaimed areas: <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6thP.M. <br />Section 4 — N 1/2, NE 1/4; <br />Section 10 —N 1/2; <br />Section 15 — NW 1/4; <br />Section 17 — N 1/2; <br />Section 20 - NE 1/4; <br />Section 21— NW 1/4; <br />2.2 Summary of Reclamation Activities <br />A summary of the reclamation activities for Phase I bond release areas are listed <br />below in Table 1. Specific bond release criteria for Phase I areas is addressed <br />separately under Section 3 - Specific Reclamation Activities and Results. <br />