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Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />I. General <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo), Permit No. C-1981-019, is submitting this application <br />for Phase III performance bond release. Colowyo is requesting that a total of 202.4 acres be <br />Phase III released with this application. The current bond amount for the Colowyo Mine is <br />$70,736,726, and Colowyo currently holds a self -bond (Bond No. SB -10) in the amount of <br />$80,517,829. Colowyo will be requesting relinquishment of 100% of the bond held for the <br />parcels applied for under this application. <br />II. Summary Information <br />A. General Location Description <br />The 202.4 acres requested for Phase III release are located within Moffat County, Colorado, in <br />the following general locations: <br />Township 3 North, Range 93 West of the 6t'' P.M. <br />Section 3 — NW 1/ SE 1/, SW '/ NE '/; <br />Section 4 — NW I/ SE 1/, NE % NW %; <br />Section 10 — SE 1/, NW '/ E %i; <br />Section 11 —SW 1/ W %z <br />Please see Map 1 for exact locations applied for in this application. <br />B. Public Notice <br />Pursuant to the Rules and Regulation of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board published <br />August 1980, and pursuant to the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act 34-33-101, et <br />seq., notice is hereby given of the filing of an application for Phase III Bond Release of a portion <br />of the Colowyo Mine site. The application pertains to the existing Colowyo Coal Mine, Permit <br />No. C-1981-019, Colowyo Coal Company L.P., 5731 State Highway No. 13, Meeker, Colorado <br />81641, filed with the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CDRMS), Colorado <br />Department of Natural Resources, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado 80203, <br />and approved by the Division on April 5, 2013 (latest Permit Renewal). The Colowyo Mine is <br />located approximately 28 miles south of Craig, Colorado. <br />The application areas for Phase III bond release were reclaimed from 2000 through 2003. These <br />areas total approximately 2091 acres that are shown in detail on Map 1 within the application. <br />The status of the reclaimed areas is consistent with the requirements of the approved reclamation <br />plan which includes achievement of Phase I and Phase II bond release, a minimum of 5 years <br />1 The public notice stated 209 acres would be applied for Phase III bond release; however, this did not take into an <br />account reclamation unit EP0041 that did not have 6.1 acres approved for Phase II bond release. Under the SL -10 <br />application, the 6.1 acres that have not achieved Phase II release for EP04,1 have not been applied for Phase III <br />release in the SL -10 application. <br />SL -10 Phase III Bond Release Application Page 1 <br />