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Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303.452-6111 <br />February 26, 2016 <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Rio Blanco County Courthouse <br />P.O. Box 599 <br />Meeker, CO 81641 <br />RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />Permit No. C-1981-019 <br />Notice of Intent to Seek Phase I Bond Release <br />To Whom It May Concern, <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent company to <br />Axial Basin Coal Company, which is the general partner to Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo). <br />Therefore, Tri-State on behalf of Colowyo is notifying you that Colowyo is submitting an application for <br />Phase I performance bond release on an area reclaimed in 2015. This application for Phase I release, <br />when submitted, will be denoted as SL -09. A Phase I bond release includes an evaluation of the <br />backfilling and grading to the approved post -mining topography. <br />This written notice is sent to you pursuant to Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety (CDRMS) Rule 3.03.2(1). Prior to filing a request for the bond release, Colowyo must send <br />written notices in accordance Rule 3.03.2(1), of intention to seek bond release. Additionally for your <br />convenience, enclosed please find a copy of the Public Notice, which will be published in the Craig Daily <br />Press and Rio Blanco Herald Times in the near future. <br />If you should have any questions regarding this notice for the Phase I bond release application, <br />please contact Tony Tennyson at you convenience at (970) 824-1232. <br />Sincerely, <br />Barbara A. Walz <br />Senior Vice President <br />Policy & Compliance <br />Chief Compliance Officer <br />DJC:TT:dbr <br />Enclosure <br />cc: Dan Casiraro (via email) <br />Kurt Blunt (via email) <br />Chris Gilbreath (via email) <br />Tony Tennyson (via email) <br />Zach Trujillo, CDRMS (w/o attachments) <br />File: Colowyo CF 24.1 <br />G471 -11.3(21)c <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />'f P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. Box figs <br />A Touchstone Energy' Cooperative * CRAIG. CO 81626-1307 PREwnT. NM 87045 NUCLA, CO 81424.0698 <br />.. 976824-Mtt 505.972.5200 970-864-7316 <br />SL -09 Phase I Bond Release Application Page 14 <br />