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INTRODUCTION <br />The Yoast Mine is located approximately nine miles southeast of the town of Hayden, Colorado. <br />Yoast is a reclaimed surface coal mine. Coal extraction began at Yoast in 1995 and ceased in <br />2006. During the life of the mine over 12 million tons of coal were produced. Reclamation <br />grading, topsoil replacement and seeding of the mine disturbance areas have been mostly <br />completed. A copy of the complete approved Yoast Mine permit is located at the Twentymile <br />Coal Company office, 29515 RCR 27, Oak Creek, Colorado. <br />This application is submitted in accordance with the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Guideline Regarding Selected Coal Mine Bond Release Issues (April 18, 1995), Rule 3.03 <br />Release of Performance Bonds, the approved permit and consultations with CDRMS on <br />vegetation sampling, analysis and success evaluations. <br />BOND RELEASE BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br />This submittal represents a formal partial Phase I and partial Phase III bond release request by <br />Seneca Property, LLC (SPL) for the Seneca Yoast Mine (Yoast). The previous owner, Seneca <br />Coal Company, submitted an initial Phase I Bond release request (SL -1) on June 26, 2007. SL -1 <br />resulted in 173.02 acres released and the bond was reduced by $11,862. SL -2 (partial Phase I) <br />bond release became final on July 22, 2010 and resulted in release of 456.7 acres and bond <br />reduction of $790,205. SL -3 (Partial Phase II) bond release became final on March 9, 2012 and <br />resulted in a Phase II release of 592 acres and bond reduction of $1,693,918. SL -4 (Partial Phase <br />I) bond release became final on Novegiber 9, 2012 and resulted in a release of 115.5 acres and <br />bond reduction of $452,336. SL -5 (Phase I, II and III bond release) became final in March 2014 <br />and resulted in the release of 6.25 acres and bond reduction of $1,493.63. The majority of the <br />Phase I areas included in this request have been included in past requests but were rescinded due <br />to instability issues or unmet liabilities. Areas included in this application as Phase III have <br />received formal Phase I and Phase II bond release. All areas included have had topsoil replaced <br />and were revegetated between 1997 and 2013. <br />SL -6 - 1 <br />