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West Elk Mine <br />Partial Phase I Bond Release SL-10 Findings Page 2 of 8 <br /> Introduction <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(the Division) in response to a request for Partial Phase I bond release at the West Elk Mine, Division <br />permit number C-1980-007. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and <br />summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and <br />findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado <br />Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the <br />Division's proposed decision on the request for bond release. <br /> <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the <br />Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document <br />are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations <br />can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Room 215, in Denver, Colorado. <br /> <br />The West Elk Mine is an underground which is permitted and operated by Mountain Coal Company, <br />LLC (MCC). The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is federal, and the <br />coal ownership was also federal. Reclamation for which bond release has been requested was conducted <br />in 2015. MCC is requesting Phase I release on a total of 9.97 acres. The release includes the plugging <br />and abandonment of 21 boreholes, and the backfilling and grading of 17 associated pads and roads.