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Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303-452-6111 <br />February 9, 2017 <br />City of Craig <br />300 West 4'11 Street <br />Craig, CO 81625 <br />RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />Permit No. C-1981-019 <br />Notice of Intent to Seek Phase II & ID Bond Release <br />To Whom It May Concern, <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent company to Axial <br />Basin Coal Company, which is the general partner to Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo). Therefore, <br />Tri-State on behalf of Colowyo is notifying you that Colowyo is submitting an application for Phase I I and III <br />performance bond release on areas reclaimed from 1993 to 1999. This application for Phase I I and I II release, <br />when submitted, will be denoted as SL -12. <br />A Phase II bond release application focuses on vegetative cover and species composition in support of <br />the post mine land use. Further, a Phase 11 evaluation demonstrates the contribution of suspended solids to <br />streamflow or runoff is not in excess of pre -mining levels or levels documented for comparable non -mined <br />areas. Finally, the Phase 11 application demonstrates that topsoil depths are in compliance with the approved <br />mining permit. <br />A Phase III bond release evaluation demonstrates achievement of Phase I and Phase II bond release, a <br />minimum of five (5) years since the last seeding and rill and gully repair, and the reclamation parcels have met <br />the requirements of the revegetation success criteria for two years. <br />This written notice is sent to you pursuant to Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />(CDRMS) Rule 3.03.2(1). Prior to filing a request for the bond release, Colowyo must send written notices in <br />accordance Rule 3.03.2(1), of intention to seek bond release. Additionally for your convenience, enclosed <br />please find a copy of the Public Notice which will be published in the Craig Daily Press and Rio Blanco <br />Herald Times in the near future. <br />If you should have any questions regarding this notice for bond release application, please contact <br />Tony Tennyson at you convenience at (970) 824-1232. <br />Sincerely, <br />Daniel J. Casiraro <br />Senior Manager <br />Environmental Services <br />DJC:TT:dbr <br />Enclosure <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />2 P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. Box 694 <br />A Touchstone Energy Cooperative T CRAIG, CO 81626-1307 PREWITT, NM 47049 NUCIA, CO 414 2 4 0 69 8 <br />970.424-4411 309-06.2271 970-464.7316 <br />SL -10 Phase III Bond Release Application <br />