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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 Denver, CO 80203 P (303) 866-3567 F <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />February 16, 2017 <br /> <br />Janet Kieler <br />Colo. Dept. of Public Health & Environment <br />Water Quality Control Division Permit Section <br />4300 Cherry Creek Drive South <br />Denver, CO 80246-1530 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Permit No. C-2009-087) <br /> Bond Release Application No. 4 (SL-4) <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Ms. Kieler: <br /> <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC has applied for a bond release at the Peabody Sage Creek <br />Mine. The bond release application was found complete by this Division on February 16, <br />2017. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining <br />Reclamation Act and the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal <br />Mining initiate from this date of filing. <br /> <br />This application requests Phase III Bond Release of 422 acres. This application includes the <br />bond release blocks (BRB 4), which were a part of the Seneca II Mine permit until the area <br />became part of the Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM) Permit in 2012. The area received <br />Phase I release under the Seneca II Mine permit. The area is now refered to as BRB PSCM-2. <br />The area received Phase II bond release under the PSCM permit. A Corporate Surety bond in <br />the amount of $3,356,429.28 is currenlty in place. The surface ownership is federal, state and <br />private, and the coal mined was federal, state and private. <br /> <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of <br />Hayden. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, <br />14, 15, 16, 21 and 22; Township 6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, <br />32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 <br /> <br />