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COLORADO <br /> Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, CO 80203 <br /> June 10, 2016 <br /> Alan Boehms <br /> Office of Surface Mining <br /> Western Regional Coordinating Center <br /> 1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br /> Denver, CO 80202 <br /> Re: West Elk Mine(Permit No. C-1980-007) <br /> Bond Release Application No. 10 (SL-10) <br /> Dear Mr. Boehms: <br /> Mountain Coal Company, LLC has applied for a bond release at the West Elk Mine. The bond <br /> release application was found complete by this Division on June 10, 2016. Mountain Coal <br /> Company (MCC) is requesting Phase I Bond Release for two exploratory drill holes, two <br /> monitoring wells, and nineteen mine ventilation borehole sites and associated road segments that <br /> have been reclaimed within the Dry Fork of the Minnesota Creek area. These sites comprise <br /> approximately 9.97 acres of National Forest System land in Gunnison County, Colorado. <br /> Reclamation was completed in 2015. The surface ownership is federal and private, and the coal <br /> mined was federal and private. <br /> We will contact you to advise you of the Division's required bond release inspection of the site as <br /> soon as it has been scheduled. A proposed decision on the application will be issued within sixty <br /> (60) days of our inspection. <br /> If you have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Leigh D. Simmons <br /> Environmental Protection Specialist <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br /> John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director Virginia Brannon, Director * **' <br />