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Introduction <br />This document is the proposed decision of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the <br />Division) in response to a request for partial Phase III bond release at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine, <br />Division file number C-2009-087. The package contains four parts. These include: 1) procedures and <br />summary of the bond release process; 2) criteria and schedule for bond release; 3) observations and <br />findings of the Division regarding compliance with the bond release requirements of the Colorado Surface <br />Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and regulations promulgated thereunder; and 4) the Division's proposed <br />decision on the request for bond release. <br />Detailed information about the review process can be found in the Act and the Regulations of the Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. All Rules referenced within this document are <br />contained within the Regulations. Detailed information about the mining and reclamation operations can <br />be found in the permit application on file at the Division offices, located at 1313 Sherman Street, Room <br />215, in Denver, Colorado. <br />The Peabody Sage Creek Mine is an underground mine which was permitted and operated by Peabody <br />Sage Creek Mining, LLC. The ownership of the land for which bond release has been requested is federal, <br />state and private, and the coal ownership was federal, state and private. Reclamation for which bond <br />release has been requested was initiated in 1978 and continued through 2005. <br />C-2009-087 Page 2 of 14 <br />