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<br />PR-04, Colowyo Coal Mine C1981-019 10 August 2016
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<br />Five new stipulations are being added with the approval of PR-04. They are discussed in Section
<br />2 of this document.
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<br />3.1.4 Status of Permit Renewal
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<br />The Division received CCC’s application for Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN-06) on March 12, 2012.
<br />The RN-06 application was found complete on March 16, 2012. The Division sent CCC
<br />adequacy letters identifying concerns on May 15, 2012, October 3, 2012, November 2, 2012, and
<br />December 19, 2012. CCC provided responses to the Division’s adequacy concerns on July 30,
<br />2012, August 17, 2012, October 25, 2012, November 9, 2012, December 13, 2012, December
<br />31, 2012, January 7, 2013, and January 14, 2013. The Division issued a proposed decision to
<br />approve RN-06 with conditions on April 5, 2013. RN-06 was issued on May 20, 2013.
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<br />3.1.5 Status of Bond Releases
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<br />This section identifies Bond Releases (SLs) processed since the issuance of Permit Renewal No.
<br />6 on May 20, 2013.
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<br />SL-06: Bond Release application No. 6 was received by the Division on April 26, 2012. SL-06
<br />was found complete on July 16, 2012. The SL-06 application requested Phase I bond release of
<br />692.37 acres in the West Pit and East Pit areas of Colowyo Mine. The Division sent a
<br />preliminary adequacy letter on September 7, 2012. CCC provided a response to the Division’s
<br />preliminary adequacy letter on November 13, 2012. The Division approved SL-06 on April 9,
<br />2013, and it was issued on June 14, 2013. The Division released $2,465,660.00 of the
<br />reclamation bond for successful Phase I reclamation of the 692.37 acres.
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<br />SL-07: Bond Release application No. 07 was received by the Division on April 2, 2013. SL-07
<br />was found complete on May 14, 2013. The SL-07 application requested Phase I bond release of
<br />125.2 acres in the West Pit, East Pit, and South Taylor areas of Colowyo Mine. The Division
<br />sent two adequacy letters in June and July of 2013. CCC provided responses to the Division’s
<br />adequacy letters in August 2013. The Division approved SL-07 on August 29, 2013, and it was
<br />issued on October 3, 2013. The Division released $727,269.00 of the reclamation bond for
<br />successful Phase I reclamation of the 125.2 acres.
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<br />SL-08: Bond Release application No. 8 was received by the Division on May 20, 2015. SL-08
<br />was found complete on September 7, 2015. The SL-08 application requested Phase I bond
<br />release of 189.6 acres in the West Pit, East Pit, and South Taylor areas of Colowyo Mine. The
<br />Division approved SL-06 on January 7, 2016, and it was issued on February 10, 2016. The
<br />Division released $3,444,562.00 of the reclamation bond for successful Phase I reclamation of
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