2016-09-28_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 9/28/2016
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings ‎(SL9)‎
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company L.P.
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: ZTT
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Procedures and Summary of Bond Release Process
III. Criteria for Bond Release
IV. Observations and Findings
V. Proposed Decision
Attachments:
Table 1. Summary of All Bond Release Acreages
Table 2. Summary of All Bond Release Amounts
Table 3. Summary of Applicable SL -09 Bond Release Amounts
Figure 1. SL -09 Location Map
Figure 2. GPS Point Location Map
I. INTRODUCTION
This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
Safety (Division) in response to a request for Partial Phase I Bond Release at the Colowyo Mine,
Permit Number C-1981-019, bond release application number SL -09. The package contains five
parts. These include: 1) Introduction; 2) Procedures and Summary of the Bond Release Process; 3)
Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; 4) Observations and Findings of the Division regarding
compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and
Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 5) the Division's Proposed Decision
on the request for bond release.
Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this
document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and
reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located
at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado.
The Colowyo Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by the Colowyo Coal
Company, LP (Colowyo). The total permit area encompasses 29,075.74 acres. The Colowyo
Mine is located approximately 25 miles north of the town of Meeker, CO and 25 miles south of
the town of Craig, CO in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties off of Colorado State Highway 13.
The land for which bond release has been requested is owned by Colowyo Coal Company L.P.,
Buereau of Land Management (BLM) and the State of Colorado. The coal is Federal (BLM) and
State owned. Reclamation work for which bond release has been requested was conducted during
the calendar year 2015.
Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance September 2016
Partial Phase I Bond Release SL -09 Page 1