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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 Meeker <br />345 Market Street <br />Meeker, CO 81641 <br />RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />Permit No. C-1981-019 <br />Notice of intent to Seek Phase II & III Bond Release <br />To Whom It May Concern, <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent company to <br />Axial Basin Coal Company, which is the general partner to Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo). <br />Therefore, Tri-State on behalf of Colowyo is notifying you that Colowyo is submitting an application for <br />Phase II and III performance bond release on areas reclaimed from 1993 to 1999. This application for <br />Phase Il and III release, when submitted, will be denoted as SL -12. <br />A Phase II bond release application focuses on vegetative cover and species composition <br />in support of the post mine land use. Further, a Phase II evaluation demonstrates the contribution <br />of suspended solids to streamflow or runoff is not in excess of pre -mining levels or levels <br />documented for comparable non -mined areas. Finally, the Phase II application demonstrates that <br />topsoil depths are in compliance with the approved mining permit. <br />A Phase III bond release evaluation demonstrates achievement of Phase I and Phase II <br />bond release, a minimum of five (5) years since the last seeding and rill and gully repair, and the <br />reclamation parcels have met 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 <br />Safety (CDRMS) Rule 3.03.2(1). Prior to filing a request for the bond release, Colowyo must send <br />written notices in accordance Rule 3.03.2(1), of intention to seek bond release. Additionally for your <br />convenience, enclosed please find a copy of the Public Notice which will be published in the Craig Daily <br />Press and Rio Blanco 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. dsiraro <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 />f P.O. SOX 1307 P.O. !OX 577 P.O. !OX 696 <br />A Touchstone Energy* Cooperative �( CRAIG, CO 61626-1307 PREWITT, NSA $7045 Nucu. CO 61424-0698 <br />- _ 970-624-4411 505476.2271 970.666-7316 <br />SL -10 Phase III Bond Release Application <br />