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INTRODUCTION <br />This submittal represents a formal Phase III bond release request by Peabody Sage Creek Mining, <br />LLC for the Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM) Permit No.C-2009-087. The previously mined <br />and reclaimed areas within the PSCM permit, and which are included in this Phase III request, <br />received Phase I Bond Release under Seneca Coal Company's Seneca II Mine Permit No.0-1980- <br />005 (SL -3 application). The lands included in this Phase III request received Phase II bond <br />release in July 2013 as SL -1 under the PSCM permit. The Phase II bond release assessments and <br />approval occurred after the subject lands, previously reclaimed under the Seneca II permit, had <br />been transferred to PSCM. In 2009, a permit application package for PSCM was submitted to <br />CDRMS that transferred approximately 3,012 acres of the original Seneca II Mine permit area to <br />the proposed PSCM permit area in order to provide sediment control and other operational <br />considerations for PSCM. This action also required that the remaining bond liability on the <br />former Seneca II Mine lands be assumed by PSCM. PR -02 was approved for the Seneca II Mine <br />to set the revised permit boundaries and alleviate concerns regarding reclamation liability. This <br />request is for Phase III Bond Release on reclaimed areas that have received Phase II bond release <br />and where reestablished vegetation has met the success criteria, the approved post -mining land <br />use has been achieved, and hydrology assessments support a demonstration of successful <br />reclamation. This application is submitted in accordance with the Colorado Division of Minerals and <br />Geology (DMG) 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 vegetation <br />sampling, analysis and success evaluations. <br />General Requirements <br />Date of request <br />Permittee: <br />Permit Number: <br />Date permit was approved: <br />Mine name: <br />Permit acreage: <br />Phase of bond release requested: <br />January 2017 <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC <br />C-2009-087 <br />June 8, 2012 <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine <br />10,164 <br />Phase III <br />