2017-12-07_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 12/7/2017
• Doc Name Note: SL12
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: ZTT
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Procedures and Summary of Bond Release Process
III. Criteria for Bond Release
IV. Observations and Findings
V. Proposed Decision
Attachments:
Table 1. Summary of All Bond Release Acreages
Table 2. Summary of All Bond Release Amounts
Table 3. Summary of Applicable SL -12 Bond Release Amounts — Section 16 Pit
Table 4. Topsoil Verification Hole Depths
Figure 1. SL -12 Location Map — Phase II
Figure 2. SL -12 Location Map —Phase III
Figure 3. SL -12 Topsoil Verification Hole Locations
I. INTRODUCTION
This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and
Safety (Division) in response to a request for Partial Phase II and III Bond Release at the Colowyo
Mine, Permit Number C-1981-019, bond release application number SL -12. The package contains
five parts. These include: 1) Introduction; 2) Procedures and Summary of the Bond Release
Process; 3) Criteria and Schedule for Bond Release; 4) Observations and Findings of the Division
regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining and
Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 5) the Division's Proposed Decision
on the request for bond release.
Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the
Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this
document are contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and
reclamation operations can be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located
at 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, in Denver, Colorado.
The Colowyo Mine is a surface mine which is permitted and operated by the Colowyo Coal
Company, LP (Colowyo). The total permit area encompasses 27,529.24 acres. The Colowyo
Mine is located approximately 25 miles north of the town of Meeker, CO and 25 miles south of
the town of Craig, CO in Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties off of Colorado State Highway 13.
The land for which bond release has been requested is ownedby Colowyo Coal Company L.P. The
coal mined within the SL -12 reclamation parcels is Federal (BLM) owned. Reclamation work for
which bond release has been requested was conducted during 1993 through 1999.
Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance December 2017
Partial Phase I1 and III Bond Release SL -12 Page 1